Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from strawberry jam with black and white colored mold.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• What is the difference between an episode, an arc, and a season/saga? - Quora
• Write a ten-word story before you reach the finish line | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom
• mold - Risky or Not?
• Food Safety Talk 217: Fruit Forward — Food Safety Talk
• Home Page - National Center for Home Food Preservation
• Strawberry Jam Pectin - National Center for Home Food Preservation
• 663. Eating Foods With Pathogens as Long as You Are Drinking Alcohol — Risky or Not?
• Distribution of mycotoxins produced by Penicillium spp. inoculated in apple jam and crème fraiche during chilled storage - ScienceDirect
• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Home - OFPA - Ontario Food Protection Association

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks faced by an immunocompromised person eating mac and cheese left at room temperature for two hours

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Ed Koch - Wikipedia
• In Eric Adams Case, Prosecutors Warn of Additional Charges for Him and Defendants - The New York Times
• Staphylococcus aureus Infection - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
• Bacillus Cereus - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
• time a spublic health control - Google Search
• Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked egg with a crack in it.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• egg - Risky or Not?
• Home - American Egg Board
• Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in raw eggs and it's growth and enterotoxin a production in egg contents - ScienceDirect
• Methods and Factors That Affect the Measurement of Egg Shell Quality, - ScienceDirect
• Characterization of bacterial pathogens from egg shell, egg yolk, feed and air samples of poultry houses

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks drinking beer from glasses when the bottle has been inside the glass and in contact with the beer.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Cocktail School | Especially if the bottle is dirty Via: unknown | Instagram
• Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Low and Nonalcoholic Craft Beer - ScienceDirect
• Survival of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria (Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria monocytogenes) and Bacillus cereus Spores in Fermented Alcoholic Beverages (Beer and Refined Rice Wine) - ScienceDirect
• Beer‐spoilage characteristics of Staphylococcus xylosus newly isolated from craft beer and its potential to influence beer quality - Yu - 2019 - Food Science & Nutrition - Wiley Online Library
• Best gas station beer? : r/beer

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from working out in a gym with a live chicken.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Monmouth University
• CDC warns of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
• Risk factors for Salmonella persistence after cleansing and disinfection in French broiler-chicken houses - ScienceDirect
• 611. Eating at a Restaurant Under a Bridge — Risky or Not?
• 535. Adults Eating at Picnic Tables With a Little Bit of Dried Bird Poop — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of food poisoning from an open can of soup on public stairway in the midwest summer for more than a day.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• 80. Old canned soup — Risky or Not?
• 42: Reboiling Soup — Risky or Not?
• 236. Eating 2,400 Year Old Soup — Risky or Not?
• 498. Room Temperature Canned Chicken Noodle Soup — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from ramen based on a TikTok warning.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• ramen recalled | TikTok
• PolitiFact | CDC hasn't warned about deadly ramen noodles, despite social media claims
• about the ramen recalls : r/ramen
• Ramen noodles 5 kids lost is this real contaminated food dangerous foo… | Ramen Noodles Recall Alert | TikTok

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from microplastics from cutting boards.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? | Environmental Science & Technology
• Microplastic Contamination of Chicken Meat and Fish through Plastic Cutting Boards - PubMed
• Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Foods | FDA
• Human Consumption of Microplastics | Environmental Science & Technology
• Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of kayaking with fresh wounds in water which regularly fails coliform tests while elderly.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Kayaking - Wikipedia
• Paddle Board vs. Kayak: Which should you buy? | THURSO SURF
• Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership | Sharing information about New Jersey's Lower Raritan Watershed.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salmon cooked on moldy cedar planks.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Sprouts 3.5 X 7 Cedar Plank | Shop Online, Shopping List, Digital Coupons | Sprouts Farmers Market
• The fate of mycotoxins during thermal food processing - Kabak - 2009 - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture - Wiley Online Library
• Stability of mycotoxins during food processing - ScienceDirect
• Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: A Review - Aviat - 2016 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating off plates covered in mold after they were washed twice in an automatic dishwasher on the sanitize cycle.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Method to Evaluate Factors Influencing the Microbial Reduction in Domestic Dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
• How to Clean a Dishwasher of Mold and Other Suspicious Stains | Reviews by Wirecutter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking foods in microwaves because of cross-contamination from the cavity.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Frontiers | The microwave bacteriome: biodiversity of domestic and laboratory microwave ovens
• Can you use the plastic cake covers you get at the store and use them as microwave covers? - Quora

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking dry beans in slow cookers.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Chow Line: Dry kidney beans need to be boiled | CFAES
• Cooking (and Canning) Kidney Beans
• Canning Dry Beans: It Matters How They Go in the Jar - National Center for Home Food Preservation
• FDA Bad Bug Book
• Toxicity of Kidney Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris) With Particular Reference to Lectins: Journal of Plant Foods: Vol 4, No 1
• Differentiating the Lectin Activity in Twenty‐Four Cultivars of Dry Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) - KOEHLER - 1986 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking alcohol from uranium glassware.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Conversion: Port Hope | Cameco
• Port Hope, Ontario - Wikipedia
• Port Hope Area Initiative - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
• Marie Curie - Wikipedia
• The Black Hole of the Canadian Nuclear Industry
• Max & Anita Pochon, 1920 | Title: Max & Anita Pochon Accessi… | Flickr
• Uranium glass - Wikipedia
• Uranium Glass Bottle - Etsy
• What to know about collecting uranium glass - The Washington Post
• Vaseline and Uranium Glass (ca. 1930s) | Museum of Radiation and Radioactivity
• Leaching of uranium from glass and ceramic foodware and decorative items - PubMed
• Dan McClellan (@maklelan) | TikTok
• #maklelan666 | TikTok
• (#maklelan1854 #markofthebeast | TikTok
• SLAYER To Release 6/6/06 T-Shirt, Limited To 666 Units, Priced At $16.66 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from leaving a cut unripe avocado at room temperature for a day.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Christopher Kimball's Milk Street | Recipes, TV and Cooking Tips
• America's Test Kitchen: Recipes & Reviews You Can Trust | Stream Every Episode | America's Test Kitchen
• Richard Kimble | The Fugitive Wiki | Fandom
• Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Indicator Microorganisms on Hass Avocados Sold at Retail Markets in Guadalajara, Mexico - ScienceDirect
• Behaviors of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes on whole avocado during storage at 21 or 7°C and their reduction by aqueous chlorine dioxide and peroxyacetic acid - ScienceDirect
• Effect of storage temperature and time on the behavior of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and background microbiota on whole fresh avocados (Persea americana var Hass) - ScienceDirect
• Survival of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat "Guacamole": Role of Added Antimicrobials - PMC
• Quality variables of "Hass" avocado stored in modified atmosphere packaging

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed to diners when chairs are placed on sanitized tables.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Consumer Perceptions, Pathogen Detection, and Removal Rate Determination in Market-style Restaurants
• A Survey of Microbial Contamination on Restaurant Nonfood‐Contact Surfaces - Patel - 2017 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
• Are Ball Pits the Playground for Potentially Harmful Bacteria? - Document - Gale Academic OneFile

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pathogen laden food while drinking alcohol.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• ཨ་རིའི་གླུ་མ་ Amalia སེང་འབྲུག་མཚོ། | #foodsafety #health #sterilization #sanitization #lifehack | Instagram
• Epidemiology
• The protective effect of alcohol on the occurrence of epidemic oyster-borne hepatitis A - PubMed
• Bellido-Blasco: The protective effect of alcoholic… - Google Scholar
• Wine is Bactericidal to Foodborne Pathogens - Møretrø - 2004 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• The antimicrobial effect of wine on Listeria innocua in a model stomach system - ScienceDirect
• When beer is safer than water: Beer availability and mortality from waterborne illnesses - ScienceDirect
• The Claim: Drinking Alcohol With a Meal Prevents Food Poisoning - The New York Times
• ALCOHOLIC DRINK CUTS HEALTH RISK IN OYSTERS – Orlando Sentinel
• Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a cocktail made with a mummified toe.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The history of the Sourtoe Cocktail: a shot of whiskey garnished with a human toe | Short Docs
• Food Safety Talk 176: Bug Book — Food Safety Talk
• Sourtoe: The Story of the Sorry Cannibal | Short Docs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of blowing air over raw chicken.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Alton Brown | Dry that chicken! #chicken #refrigeratorlife #goodeats | Instagram
• Brian Brozovic on X: "#riskyornot, taking into account FSIS Appendix A will be followed for cooking, so specifically airborne risk from household fan being applied to direct surface of raw poultry for rapid thawing @benjaminchapman @bugcounter https://t.co/VYPEPFokjd" / X
• Airborne Bacteria and Carcass Contamination in Slaughterhouses - ScienceDirect
• Distribution and Prevalence of Airborne Microorganisms in Three Commercial Poultry Processing Plants - ScienceDirect
• Microbial Composition in Bioaerosols of a High-Throughput Chicken-Slaughtering Facility - ScienceDirect
• Mechanically Ventilated Broiler Sheds: a Possible Source of Aerosolized Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Temperature control: food safety tips | North Devon Council

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee made with water from a strangers water bottle.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• The Cleanliness of Reusable Water Bottles: How Contamination Levels are Affected by Bottle Usage and Cleaning Behaviors of Bottle Owners
• Bacterial water quality in the personal water bottles of elementary students - PubMed
• saliva - Risky or Not?
• Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC
• Merch — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking coffee or tea brewed on an airplane

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Why You Shouldn't Order Coffee or Tea on an Airplane
• 2019 Airline Water Study by CUNY's Hunter Col | EurekAlert!
• IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Bacteria that Travel: The Quality of Aircraft Water
• IJERPH | Free Full-Text | Microbial Contamination in the Coffee Industry: An Occupational Menace besides a Food Safety Concern?
• Factors That Impact Survival of Salmonella during Storage of Beans and Batch Production of Cold Brew Coffee

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fish in the Olympic Village.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Food Vision - Paris 2024
• ‎Illness-Causing Fish Parasites (Worms)
• Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect
• Response to the questions posed by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding determination of cooking parameters for safe seafood for consumers - PubMed
• About Anisakiasis | Anisakiasis | CDC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from swimming in the Seine during the 2024 Olympics.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Olympic Marathon Swimming | Paris 2024 Olympics
• Three German swimmers fall ill after Olympic races in the Seine | AP News
• Triathlon - Wikipedia
• Why Olympic athletes may be getting sick from swimming in the Seine - The Washington Post
• Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: ""And it's actually backed by science. Proven methods." Um. No. https://t.co/oMgSsRizTJ" / X
• How one U.S. Olympian is prepping for Seine's E. coli problem: Not washing his hands - The Athletic
• The Paris Museum of Sewers
• Olympic poop protest postponed after politicians cancel swim in feces-filled Seine

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fruit and vegetables washed with cleaning vinegar.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 628. Washing Produce in the Dishwasher — Risky or Not?
• Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner, 64 fl oz - Walmart.com
• Ingredient Disclosure - Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All Purpose Cleaner
• CAS REGISTRY | CAS
• CAS 64-19-7 | Sigma-Aldrich
• 476. Worlds Purest Cookie — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating moldy food on a flight.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Helpless Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Delta Flight Diverts Plane After Serving Contaminated Food | Inside Edition
• Flight diverted to JFK after passengers served spoiled food: Delta
• Photos of Delta Airlines' 'Spoiled' Meals Show Mold Growing on Food
• An overview of mycotoxin contamination in foods and its implications for human health: Toxin Reviews: Vol 29, No 1
• Merch — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating cut watermelon at room temperature for a day or more.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon - ScienceDirect
• Survival and Growth of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cantaloupe and Watermelon - ScienceDirect
• Growth of Salmonella spp. in Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew Melons - ScienceDirect
• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Caricature Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating escovitch that has been held at room temperature for 12 hours.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Escovitch Fish Recipe
• Ceviche - Wikipedia
• Escovitch food poisoning - Google Scholar
• Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect
• Microbiological safety and quality of ceviche, poke, and sushi dishes sold at retail outlets in Orange County, CA: Heliyon
• Fried Jamaican Escovitch Fish | Meiko and The Dish
• The Caribbean people have created a wealth of unique dishes based on native foods
• BEAM Dashboard | CDC
• Merch — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from New York State jam and relish purchased from a farmers market.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Guidance on Sanitary Regulations for
• Something for everyone at Mennonite/Amish stores | | communitymediagroup.com
• Merch — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fresh New York State roadkill bear meat that's properly cooked.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• RFK Jr. admits he placed a dead bear cub in Central Park 10 years ago | CNN Politics
• RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times
• 626. Eating Rare Bear Meat — Risky or Not?
• South Dakota governor says she shot 'extremely dangerous' dog to protect her children
• Can You Legally Take Roadkill Home in New York State
• Is it Safe to Eat Roadkill? | Live Science
• Destruction of Trichinella spiralis During Cooking - KOTULA - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from yogurt purchased from a grocery store from a fridge with no door.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Risky or Not: Yogurt fridge with no door - Imgur
• A Horse with No Name - Wikipedia
• Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Skim Milk and in Yogurt Mix during Fermentation by Thermophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking cicada-infused Malört shots.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Hot Italian Giardiniera Recipe
• Chicago-style pizza - Wikipedia
• Flag of Chicago - Wikipedia
• Fort Dearborn - Wikipedia
• New Raleigh Flag
• Jeppson's Malört | A Chicago Icon : Malört
• John Hodgman Loves Malort: "It Tastes Like Pencil Shavings And Heartbreak" - The Chicagoist
• Cicada-infused Malört: Chicago area brewpub offering cicada shots
• Periodical Cicadas | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Hygienic indicator bacteria in the 2 species of wild-caught Japanese cicadas, large brown cicadas and robust cicadas in: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed Volume 10 Issue 6 (2024)
• Can you eat cicadas? Yes, but those with seafood allergies might want to steer clear – NBC Chicago
• Allergic risks of consuming edible insects: A systematic review - Ribeiro - 2018 - Molecular Nutrition & Food Research - Wiley Online Library
• Burnt Tires and Bug Spray: We Asked Our Readers to Describe the Taste of Malört. They Delivered. | WTTW Chicago

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a turtle to open a beverage on a golf course.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• The Game Changerz | Turtle woods with the assist #golf #golfswing | Instagram
• Anheuser-Busch brands - Wikipedia
• 482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage — Risky or Not?
• Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect
• Beer Time Billy 🍺 | Who knew turtles were so useful?! I'll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebilly if need a squirtle right now!🍻 Credit: @tooturnttony | Instagram
• Traumatic Amputation of Finger From an Alligator Snapping Turtle Bite - ScienceDirect
• Doowutchyalike - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing hands after pooping.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Poop in My Fingernails - YouTube
• O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog
• IAFP 2024 program book
• Wirecutter: New Product Reviews, Deals, and Buying Advice
• After I defecate and attempt to wipe, there's never anything on the toilet paper. This has been going on for weeks now. Is this normal? - Quora
• Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers as an Effective Alternative to Hand Washing in Retail Food and Food Service Settings When Heavy Soiling Is Not Present on Hands - ScienceDirect
• Quit Touching My Toilet Paper - robofrakkin: God damnit, Merlin! They got me…
• Can poo germs sneak through toilet paper? - Quora

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking your coffee cup into the bathroom with you while pooping.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• 645. Eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe — Risky or Not?
• Barenaked Ladies – Never Is Enough Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• 395. Open Dippin' Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom Stall — Risky or Not?
• Here's What Really Happens When You Flush a Toilet | Smithsonian
• R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (Official HD Music Video) - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating at the Toe Beans Cat Cafe (that's in Canada).

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Bob and Doug McKenzie - Wikipedia
• O Canada - Wikipedia
• Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat
• Food | Toe Beans Cat Cafe - Eat, Drink, Adopt, Repeat
• Zoonotic Disease: What Can I Catch from My Cat? | Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
• cat - Risky or Not?
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
• Merch — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Urban Dictionary: I Do Declare
• CDPH Testing Confirms Botulism Linked to Nacho Cheese Sauce
• Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational approach to systemizing cheese diversity - ScienceDirect
• Evaluation of Factors Involved in Antibotulinal Properties of Pasteurized Process Cheese Spreads - ScienceDirect
• Inhibition of Clostridium botulinum in Model Reduced-Sodium Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Products - ScienceDirect
• Growth of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in Process Cheese Products: II. Predictive Modeling - ScienceDirect
• Growth of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Staphylococcus aureus on Cheese during Extended Storage at 25°C
• Nacho cheese botulism kills 1 person and puts 9 in the hospital | CNN
• Designating certain cheeses non-time/temperature control for safety foods | Council III | 2014 Scribe Packet | Conference for Food Protection
• Foodborne botulism: A brief review of cases transmitted by cheese products (Review) - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from a bottle with unknown contents found at sea.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Apple News+ - Apple
• Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea
• Bodies of fishermen who died after drinking from bottle found in sea brought to Tangalle
• Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking from Bottles Found at Sea
• Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea
• ChatGPT on Finding Alcohol in the Ocean
• At Least Five Fishermen Dead After Drinking Contents of Bottles Found at Sea
• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Big in Japan (phrase) - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey that diluted with water by 25%.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• On the nature of the relationship between water activity and % moisture in honey - ScienceDirect
• Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Salmonella Inoculated into Creamy Peanut Butter with Modified Composition - ScienceDirect
• 400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a dishwasher with a failing heating element.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• dishwasher - Risky or Not?
• The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect
• Integrated model for the prediction of cleaning profiles inside an automatic dishwasher - ScienceDirect
• Manual dishwashing habits: an empirical analysis of UK consumers - Berkholz - 2010 - International Journal of Consumer Studies - Wiley Online Library
• method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing your hands in a sink used for washing a stadium mop.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Vomiting as a Symptom and Transmission Risk in Norovirus Illness: Evidence from Human Challenge Studies | PLOS ONE
• The handwash station: friend or fiend? - ScienceDirect
• Handwashing sinks as the source of transmission of ST16 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, an international high-risk clone, in an intensive care unit - ScienceDirect
• SN 58 - Availability of and Access to Toilets and Hand Washing Facilities | NC DOL
• Act to Allow Food Stands to Provide Tables and Chairs for Customers to use while Consuming Drinks or Food upon the Premises.
• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Prevalence of Human Noroviruses in Commercial Food Establishment Bathrooms - ScienceDirect
• Presence of human noroviruses on bathroom surfaces: a review of the literature - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing grease after cooking in a cast iron pan.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Foodborne Botulism – Illinois
• Heat Inactivation Rates of Botulinum Toxins a, B, E and F in Some Foods and Buffers - Woodburn - 1979 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• The Wire: to evacuate - YouTube

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pot used to boil a menstrual cup.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• bill quoted on X: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Here's a fun one: https://t.co/bDNohMNhQK Using the pot my roommate boils her diva cup in, risky or not™?" / X
• Roommate boils diva cup then leaves the water : r/mildlyinfuriating
• Are Menstrual Cups Safe? How They Work, Pros and Cons

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding sushi rice for 4 hours and then refrigerating for later consumption.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Association of Food and Drug Officials – Many perspectives, one voice, since 1896.
• Time as the Public Health Control, Porter County Indiana
• Acidification of Sushi Rice for Food Safety Snohomish County, Washington
• Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus during cooling of cooked rice - ScienceDirect
• US FDA Job Aid: Time and Temperature Control for Safety Foods
• Parameters for Determining Inoculated Pack/Challenge Study Protocols - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brewing tea in nacho cheese.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market - PubMed
• Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Tea in Nacho Cheese

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly refrigerated 3-day-old fast food chicken tacos.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia
• Who Has The Worst Fast Food Leftovers? - YouTube
• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a hotdog at a baseball game before the 5th inning.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Bad Religion (logo) | The Answer | The Bad Religion Page - Since 1995
• Chatham Anglers | The Chatham Athletic Association | Cape Cod Baseball League
• Pawtucket Red Sox - Wikipedia
• Worcester Red Sox | MiLB.com

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making lasagna in your mailbox.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Anybody remember laughter?
• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Kevin Budnik
• Tennessee Weatherman Shares Recipe for "Mailbox Lasagna"
• If I see a whole lasagna in the mailbox I'm taking it : r/USPS
• Special Delivery: Mailbox Lasagna - BitterSweet

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a food recalled for misbranding if you are not allergic to any of the ingredients

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Sage on X: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Just curious, assuming you're not allergic to eggs, why does FSIS consider this so risky they need to be discarded? Is it because it was such a monumental lapse in QC that they're hedging for other issues? https://t.co/SU0aOtSuiH https://t.co/LtUxW34tS0" / X
• Conagra Brands, Inc., Recalls Frozen Beef Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Beef & Broccoli labels
• Out of an Abundance of Caution definition | Cambridge English Dictionary
• P.f. Chang's Frozen Orange Chicken Meal - 22oz : Target

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks thawing a whole turkey in a hot garage twice.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry - PMC
• Thawing at Ambient Temperature on the Counter - O. P. Snyder

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating at a New York City restaurant with a "C" rating.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Gallaghers Steakhouse has been a staple of New York's Theater District since 1927. Some believe, to this day, it rivals other famous New… | Instagram
• Restaurant Grading System - Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
• ABCEats-Restaurants
• John Roderick (@johnroderick) • Instagram photos and videos