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PODCAST

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

15:12

494. Gloves Without Handwashing

Risky or Not? ·

2023/08/07

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from wearing gloves without washing your hands first. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Glove Barriers to Bacterial Cross-Contamination between Hands to Food - ScienceDirect Evaluation of glove type on survival and transfer of Escherichia coli in model systems and during hand harvesting of lettuce - Zhao - 2021 - JSFA reports - Wiley Online Library Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers as an

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09:17

493. Visiting a Fish Market

Risky or Not? ·

2023/08/04

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from visting a fish market. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “Visiting a fish market, #RiskyorNot @benjaminchapman?” / X 290. Yeeting a Real Fish Into a Crowd — Risky or Not? Best in Show (4/11) Movie CLIP - Naming Nuts (2000) HD - YouTube

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13:55

492. Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes With No Water

Risky or Not? ·

2023/08/02

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from making a baked potato in a slow cooker without added water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Carnac the Magnificent - Wikipedia Food Talk, UGA SNAP-Ed on Twitter: “Easily make slow-cooker baked potatoes, no water needed. 1. clean potato, 2. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper, 3. Place potatoes on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours. Add chives and greek yogurt (a low-fat, high-protein substitute for sour cream)

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13:28

491. Foil Wrapped Smoked Potatoes

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/31

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking potatoes cooked in a smoker. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Tastee Sub Shop · Apple Maps Tastee Freez - The Original Soft Serve Ice Cream What was the Double E Warren Zevon referred to? Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Restaurant-Associated Type a Botulism: Transmission by Potato Salad | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic

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09:23

490. Extended Refrigerated Storage of Thawed Frozen...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/28

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pizza made from refrigerated thawed frozen pizza dough stored for at least 2 weeks in the fridge. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Validation of baking as a kill-step for controlling Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli during traditional crust pizza baking process - PMC Frozen pizza suspected in 10-state E coli outbreak | CIDRAP Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by E. coli O157:H7 | E. coli CDC

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16:35

489. Dim Sum from Bamboo Steamers

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dim sum from bamboo steamer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dim sum - Wikipedia National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC After the pandemic left them empty, dim sum restaurants are bustling once again : NPR No need to clean bamboo steamer Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dim Sum Chain in Shanghai – Thatsmags.com Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight - YouTube Nearly 100 People Sickened After

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15:17

488. Eating Boiled Freshwater Mussels From Lake...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/24

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating boiled freshwater mussels from Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Lake Winnipesaukee - Wikipedia Lake Winnisquam - Wikipedia Advisories | NH Department of Environmental Services Healthy Swimming Mapper | NH Department of Environmental Services FAQs | NH Department of Environmental Services Healthy Swimming Mapper FRI Cyanobacteria Toxins Aug 2011

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08:13

487. Four Year Old Blackberry Freezer Jam of...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/21

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks four year old blackberry freezer jam which may have been temperature abused. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 KathleenS on Twitter: “Eating this seems like a surefire way to end up seriously ill and featured in an episode of @chubbyemu But I’m no scientist. What say you @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #RiskyOrNot https://t.co/UjpgyUQAzm” / Twitter National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly Blackberry

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08:44

486. Cat Smelled Food

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/19

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a food that a cat has smelled. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Melon and Finn (@melon.n.finn) | TikTok 115. Cats in the Kitchen — Risky or Not? 269. Cat Licked Cake — Risky or Not? What was the first Beatles song over three minutes in length? - BeatlesTrivia.com 65 Beatles songs in under 3 minutes - YouTube Billy Joel- The Entertainer HD - YouTube

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06:48

485. Hotel Room Baby Back Ribs

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/17

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making baby back ribs in your hotel room with a hair drier and a pillow case. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Chef Reactions on Twitter: “We will never break the chain (of custody) https://t.co/8iSmYz59Ep” / Twitter Explicit tag because Chef Reactions curses.

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07:35

484. Tepache de Piña

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/14

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making a fermented pineapple drink called tepache de piña. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ★metal★matt★ @mattorantimatt@mstdn.social on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Tepache de piña #riskyornot (or maybe more specifically how can I ensure I do this safely) https://t.co/aqCseSbDAo” / Twitter Pineapple Tepache Recipe (With Variations) Inactivation of Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Enteritidis by

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08:42

483. Being in the Sun and Wiping Lime Juice on Your Skin

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/12

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wiping lime juice on your skin when in the sun. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Criminalize Straight (Pride Special 2023!) — Lovett or Leave It — Overcast Guy Branum - Wikipedia Phytophotodermatitis ‘Margarita disease’ gets its turn in the limelight | CTV News Sun Exposure | CDC Yellow Book 2024

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11:45

482. Using a Turtle to Open a Beverage

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/10

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of opening a beverage with a snapping turtle. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk Beer Time Billy 🍺 on Instagram: “Who knew turtles were so useful?! I’ll name him squirtle.😂 Follow @beertimebilly if need a squirtle right now!🍻 Credit: @tooturnttony” Tiny Turtles and Salmonella | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC Michelob Ultra 12pk Cans – Newfoundland Labrador Liquor

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14:02

481. Eating Chopped Salad From Portillo’s While Pregnant

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/07

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chopped salad from Portillo’s while pregnant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Salads | Portillo’s People at Risk: Pregnant Women | FoodSafety.gov Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods | FDA National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC Listeria monocytogenes in Gorgonzola: subtypes, diversity and

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18:10

480. Sparky Guacamole

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/05

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole that is sparking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Andy Hamilton on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman 4th of July firework sals? #riskyornot” / Twitter Gustavo on Twitter: “@HeshComps @fuckedupfoods There’s this explanation from youtube Water salt, acid from jalapeños, mixing together to make hydrogen gas when the aluminum spoon touches the salt bridge. The human had acts as the grounds while the

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10:32

479. Homemade Halloumi With Fresh Raw Milk

Risky or Not? ·

2023/07/03

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making homemade halloumi with fresh raw milk. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Halloumi cheese: the product and its characteristics - PAPADEMAS - 1998 - International Journal of Dairy Technology - Wiley Online Library Halloumi Recipe | Cheese Maker Recipes | Cheese Making Supply Problems with Ultra Pasteurized Milk | Cheese Making Supply 459. AI-Generated Recipes — Risky or Not?

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14:46

478. Living Next to a Farm

Risky or Not? ·

2023/06/30

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of living next to a farm. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Farm Visits and Undercooked Hamburgers as Major Risk Factors for Sporadic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Data from a Case-Control Study in 5 FoodNet Sites | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Vero Cytotoxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Gastroenteritis in Farm Visitors, North Wales - PMC Vero Cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli Infection in Dairy Farm Families on JSTOR

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10:25

477. Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In A Bunch Of...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/06/28

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a tiny spider in a bunch of grapes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Madeline on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Accidentally Eating A Tiny Spider In Your Bunch Of Grapes - Risky or Not? (I didn’t actually eat a spider, I found it & removed it but it was so small I wondered if somebody somewhere might make the mistake sometime)” / Twitter Spiders On Grapevines Extremely Deadly Spider Found in Box of Grapes at

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12:00

476. Worlds Purest Cookie

Risky or Not? ·

2023/06/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating the “worlds purest cookie”. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Making the World’s Purest Cookie - YouTube Baking chocolate NIST® SRM® 2384 | Sigma-Aldrich Baking chocolate SDS

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21:41

475. Bamboo Straw Used for Smoothies Without a Brush...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/06/23

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using bamboo straws for smoothies without a brush for cleaning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Wikipedia Amazon.com : reusable bamboo straws 50 Best Smoothie Recipes | Easy Smoothie Ideas | Recipes, Dinners and Easy Meal Ideas | Food Network Efficacy of neutral electrolyzed water for sanitization of cutting boards used in the preparation of foods - ScienceDirect Jack and Diane but most of

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