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Risky or Not?

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

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All Episodes

16:12

856. Feeding Sealed Byheart Baby Formula to a Baby

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/28

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of feeding recalled sealed Byheart baby formula to a baby. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ ByHeart recalls organic baby formula amid infant botulism outbreak | AP News Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 | Botulism | CDC Seven-Year Case-Control Study in California of Risk Factors for Infant Botulism - ScienceDirect Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic

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09:33

855. Cooking Raw Turkey to 155 °F

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw turkey to only 155 °F Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird - YouTube Archive: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) | Food Safety and Inspection Service Does Anybody Remember Laughter? - YouTube FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021 Response to the questions posed by

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22:07

854. Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/24

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making rare roast beef. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib Recipe John Mitzewich - Allrecipes Supplemental Questions and Answers on Descriptive Designation for Needle-Or Blade - Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products USDA Finalizes Rule to Require Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS Cooking Guideline for Meat and Poultry

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15:51

853. Using a Swiss Army Knife Toothpick

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/21

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a swiss army knife toothpick. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Victorinox Swiss Army Pioneer Alox Pocket Knife | REEDS Jewelers Victorinox Swiss Army Spartan Knife in Red | REEDS Jewelers Swiss Army knife - Wikipedia Mammoth Tooth Swiss Army Knife How to Clean the Swiss Army Knife Toothpick (EN). - YouTube Gerber Stainless Steel Folding Razor Knife Model 8970622A LOT OF 3 | eBay 847. Using a "Found" Pocket Mouth

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14:37

852. Prosciutto Di Parma at Room Temperature for Months

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/19

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating hand sliced Prosciutto ham stored at room temperature for months. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Prosciutto - Wikipedia Prosciutto Di Parma Specifications Influence of Water Activity on Growth and Enterotoxin Formation by Staphylococcus aureus in Foods - Troller- 1975 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library Modeling the Effect of Water Activity, pH, and Temperature on the Probability of Enterotoxin A

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18:43

851. Eric's Fizzy Grapefuit Juice

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/17

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming in date but fizzy grapefruit juice from a mechanically stressed container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 There's No Crying in Baseball - A League of Their Own (5/8) Movie CLIP (1992) HD - YouTube It's Not My Fault But It Is My Problem | Psychology Today Are the Twins From the Netflix Documentary Experiment Still Vegan? - Netflix Tudum Charlie Kalish | LinkedIn Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice | Florida's Natural

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15:56

850. Dishwasher Lasagna

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/14

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dishwasher lasagna (aka lasagna alla lavastoviglie) Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 753. Re-Heating Leftovers Indefinitely and the Lasagna of Theseus — Risky or Not? 195. Dishwasher Salmon — Risky or Not? How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal : How To Do Everything : NPR Transcript for How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter Sagal : How To Do Everything : NPR Reduction of Salmonella

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12:05

849. Eating a Hollywood Chewing-Gum Cardboard Box

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/12

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Eating a Cardboard Box of Hollywood Chewing-Gum, Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Is it safe to eat cardboard? : r/stupidquestions Hollywood 2fresh (FreshenUp) Chewing Gum - Peppermint | EVN Green Mint Chewing-Gum Hollywood | Buy Online | My French Grocery Full article: Food contact materials: an effect-based evaluation of the presence of hazardous chemicals in paper and cardboard packaging Pica: A Common Condition

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14:12

848. Cooking Stuffing Inside the Turkey

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/10

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking stuffing inside the turkey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 John Wyatt on X: "Today I get to enjoy the yearly tradition where my father gives me a hard time about insisting that stuffing be cooked in the bird when I should "know better" because I'm a health inspector (It's my favourite food, and the risk is easily managed and outweighed by the benefit)" / X How to Cook Turkey Stuffing Safely | USDA Does anybody

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19:27

847. Using a "Found" Pocket Mouth Guard

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/07

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a mouthguard from the coaches mouthguard pocket. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Hockey Song by Warren Zevon - YouTube The Planet Smashers - Uncle Gordie - YouTube Amazon.com: Zen Driving: Be a Buddha Behind the Wheel of Your Automobile: 9780345353504: Berger, K.T.: Books 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl — Risky or Not? Microbiota Found in Protective Athletic Mouthguards - PMC

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13:52

846. Spraying Mouthguard With Ethanol and Propanol

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/05

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from spraying mouthguard with ethanol and propanol. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Isopropanol poisoning: Clinical Toxicology: Vol 52, No 5 Clean with 'alcohol'? | TrumpetBoards SISU Fresh Cinnamint 1 oz. Mouthguard Spray : Target SafeJawz Mouthguard Disinfectant Spray. Mint Flavoured – Fighters Inc. - Martial Arts Equipment

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17:57

845. Family Dinner Into Which a Cat Dropped a Mouse

Risky or Not? ·

2025/11/03

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating dinner into which a cat dropped a mouse. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner - UPI.com Food Defect Levels Handbook | FDA Survival of leptospires in the environment - Leptospirosis Information Ecologic studies of rodent reservoirs: their relevance for human health - PMC Controlling Wild Rodent Infestations | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC

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11:42

844. Eating Candy Given to You by a Streaker

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/31

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating candy given to you by a streaker. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Streaking - Wikipedia What was it like to take the final exam at Dartmouth where '[t]wo women streaked […], throwing out candy'? - Quora Ian McKellen (Gandalf) takes a break on his MacBook Pro while filming "The Hobbit" : r/Moviesinthemaking

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07:47

843. Properly Cooked Isopod Fish Tongue Parasite

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/29

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked isopod fish tongue parasite. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Fish at the grocery store had one of those isopod tongue parasites : r/mildlyinteresting Cymothoa exigua - Wikipedia Parasite Replaces A Fish's Tongue : r/ScavengersReign Giant isopod - Wikipedia Tongue-eating parasites inspire new horror movie | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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13:57

842. Freezing Parboiled Potatoes in Large Masses

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/27

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with freezing parboiled potatoes in bulk so they cool slowly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Freezing New Irish Potatoes - National Center for Home Food Preservation Parboiling - Wikipedia BlackSabbath – War Pigs Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

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14:23

841. Watered Down Hand Soap

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/24

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using watered down hand soap. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps - ScienceDirect

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13:34

840. DIY French Burger Kit

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/22

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food from a DIY french burger kit. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ DIY Burger Kit in France : r/mildlyinteresting Monty Python - The French Taunter - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - YouTube Fresh Ground Beef Color: A Consumer Guide Costco’s New Pre-Made Burgers Leave Much To Be Desired New at our Costco - Verona, WI. Bacon Cheddar Burger kits. 🍔 : r/Costco Gasoline Grill - Our burger kit is making a comeback for Super… |

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18:25

839. 24 Hour Old Pumpkin Spice Latte

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/20

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a 24 hour old Pumpkin Spice Latte. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Home – KonMari | The Official Website of Marie Kondo Pumpkin Spice Latte: Starbucks Coffee Company Significance of Bacterial Spores in Milk - ScienceDirect Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect

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12:52

838. Opened Refrigerated Organic Lemonade After 4 Weeks

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/17

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming opened organic lemonade refrigerated for 4 weeks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Kirkland Signature, Organic Lemonade, 96 fl oz, 2-Count | Costco mycotoxin fruit juice - Google Scholar Mycotoxins in Fruits, Fruit Juices, and Dried Fruits - ScienceDirect Ochratoxin A in beverages from Morocco: a preliminary survey: Food Additives and Contaminants: Vol 18 , No 6

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09:36

837. Eating Powdered Teflon

Risky or Not? ·

2025/10/15

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from deliberately eating powdered teflon. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony – Improbable Research Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes | Ig Nobel prizes | The Guardian Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize winners - Ars Technica Polytetrafluoroethylene Ingestion as a Way to Increase Food Volume and Hence Satiety Without Increasing Calorie Content - PMC

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