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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

11:27

414. Slimy Meat With Holes

Risky or Not? ·

2023/02/01

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat with holes that are slimy. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Alex on Twitter: “@f*ckedupfoods @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman this is uh… Bad right” / Twitter f*cked up looking food on Twitter: “https://t.co/mI1yRQrNWu” / Twitter Microbiological Spoilage and Contamination of Vacuum-Packaged Cooked Sausages | Journal of Food Protection Sodium Nitrite and Sorbic Acid Effects on Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation in

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19:21

413. Worker Not Wearing a Hair Covering in a Restaurant

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/30

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a worker not wearing a hair covering in a restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 food safety hair covering - Google Scholar Carriage of potentially pathogenic bacteria in the hair - Black - 1974 - BJS (British Journal of Surgery) - Wiley Online Library 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

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17:04

412. Defrosting Trays

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/27

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Defrosting Trays Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dr. Kara Morgan on Twitter: “⁦@bugcounter⁩ ⁦@benjaminchapman⁩ - this is a new one for me. Have you done an episode on these yet? “Defrosting trays” https://t.co/ksuAZC832l” / Twitter Premium Innovative Defrosting Tray @ SharperImage.com Amazon.com: CHEFLY Large Fast Defrosting Tray for Frozen Meat Foods 13.8〃 by 7.8〃 No Electricity Aluminum Miracle Natural Thawing Plate :

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12:05

411. Brewing More Coffee Without Cleaning the Carafe...

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/25

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brewing more coffee without cleaning the carafe and filter basket. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Risky or Not? episodes with Coffee tag

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11:39

410. Chris's "Loosey-Goosey" Cured Bacon

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/23

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making bacon using Chris’s “loosey-goosey” method for adding nitrite. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 https://meatsci.osu.edu/sites/meatsci/files/imce/BorchertCassensNitriteHazard1998.pdf WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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16:47

409. Not Fully Drying Your Hands

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/20

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of not fully drying your hands after washing them. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Longer Contact Times Increase Cross-Contamination of Enterobacter aerogenes from Surfaces to Food | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Microbiological evaluation of different hand drying methods for removing bacteria from washed hands - PMC Joe Smith: How to use a paper towel | TED Talk

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15:28

408. Found Fries

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/18

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating french fries found in a car long after they were fresh. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Growth of Bacillus cereus on Oil‐blanched Potato Strips for “Home‐style” French Fries - Doan - 1999 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library McDonald’s burger and fries show no sign of rot after 6 years Limpness of Fried Potato Slabs During Post‐Frying Period - Miranda - 2005 - Journal of Food Process Engineering -

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10:50

407. San Francisco Mystery Poop

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/16

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of picking up mystery poop (that might be dog poop, but might not) in San Francisco. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not? Someone Made an Interactive San Francisco Poop Map Exposure to Animal Feces and Human Health: A Systematic Review and Proposed Research Priorities - PMC Leave-A-Sign-About-Dog-Poop Guy | Photo from January 6th 2010, shot at Sunset Reservoir. | Flickr

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16:21

406. Boiling Moldy Maple Syrup to Make It Safe

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/13

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of moldy maple syrup that has been boiled to make it safe. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Fungi Associated with Pure Maple Syrup Packed at the Minimum Recommended Reheating Temperature1 | Journal of Food Protection Thermal Inactivation of Bacterial Pathogens and Fungal Spores Under Post-Process Contamination Scenarios in Maple Syrup Processing - ProQuest Effect of temperature and water activity on growth and aflatoxin production by

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18:43

405. Dark Chocolate

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/11

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Cadmium and Lead in chocolate. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 neil chazin on Twitter: “https://t.co/lgEJD35HHh @bugcounter @benjaminchapman is dark chocolate risky now?” / Twitter Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate - Consumer Reports Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “Neal https://t.co/iVmAOlJr4v asks an excellent question, and there is a lot to unpack here. (1/10)” / Twitter As You Sow is Promoting Corporate

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18:19

404. Maggot Cheese (Casu Marzu)

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/09

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw milk maggot cheese. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 “Casu Marzu” The world’s most dangerous cheese Unpasteurized sheep milk + live maggots. Would you dare to eat it? Casu martzu - Wikipedia The secret resistance behind the world’s most dangerous cheese | The Outline Master thesis, Food Safety Law, Unsafe Casu Marzu MDMA (Ecstasy/Molly) DrugFacts | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Sardinian dietary analysis

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13:19

403. Taking an Infant and Toddler to a Goat Feeding Farm

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/06

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of taking an infant and a toddler to a goat feeding farm. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Catherine G. | LinkedIn Spring Haven Farm Sarah Kirby, PhD | Agricultural and Human Sciences Benjamin Chapman, PhD | Agricultural and Human Sciences

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10:29

402. Hallucinogenic Austrailian Leafy Greens

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/04

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Australian spinach just to get high. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Australia recalls spinach after toxic contamination causes hallucinations - The Washington Post From hallucinogenic spinach to contaminated salad: here’s why there’s alarm over these veggies | SBS News A Florida Family All Got High On Walmart LSD Steak | Cracked.com ‘Likely a nightshade’: Australians urged not to seek out spinach products for recreational

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12:05

401. Unrefrigerated Jalapeño Queso Dip

Risky or Not? ·

2023/01/02

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing Jalapeño Queso Dip for 12 hours at room temperature. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Landon Conover on Twitter: “After the party, it came home and sat on the counter overnight, 12+ hours. The next morning she is saving it by putting it in the fridge. Reasoning the velveeta cheese is shelf stable. Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but #riskyornot?” / Twitter 3-Ingredient Spicy Jalapeño Queso Dip - The Seasoned Mom US5935634A

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12:34

400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/30

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing simple syrup at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Quatercentenary Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Simple Syrup Kit | A Kit for Making Simple Syrup. By Studio Neat. cocktails - How to make syrups shelf stable? - Seasoned Advice How to Store Simple Syrup in 3 Easy Steps - 2022 - MasterClass Supersaturated Solution Definition and Examples Health Safety of Soft Drinks: Contents, Containers, and

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13:32

399. Eating Decorative Kale

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/28

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating decorative kale from a Pizza Hut in the 2000’s. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Pizza Hut Used to Be One of the Largest Kale Purchasers in the US Iman Jalali on Twitter: “Up until 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest buyer of kale in the US They used it to decorate their salad bar https://t.co/1rTLitCHRv” / Twitter Growth model of Escherichia coli O157:H7 at various storage temperatures on kale treated by thermosonication combined

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11:52

398. Using Stretch-Tite to Cover a Pot of Boiling Water

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/26

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using Stretch-Tite plastic to cover a pot of boiling water for 40 minutes. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Stretch-Tite FAQs

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16:13

397. Whole Turkey Sent Through the Mail

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/23

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks sending a dead whole un-eviscerated turkey through the mail. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Boxing Day - Wikipedia French Canadian Tourtière Recipe Taskmaster Series 14 Episode 6 | Long legged Lobster - YouTube Long-legged lobster. | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom Ep 103. Dara Ó Briain - S14 Ep.6 - Taskmaster The Podcast | Acast The Complex Underworld of Lost Baggage Delivery - Underunderstood Botulism in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary

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10:02

396. Puffy Clam Chowder

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/21

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks consuming clam chowder from a container that is “puffy”. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Probably won’t take my chances with the puffy one. It is delicious though. : Costco Ivar’s Kettle Classic Clam Chowder with Uncured Bacon, 32 oz, 2 ct | Costco Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in Seafood and Significance of Multiple Incubation Temperatures for Determination of Its Presence and Type in Fresh Retail Fish | Journal of Food Protection

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16:12

395. Open Dippin' Dots in a Sporting Event Bathroom...

Risky or Not? ·

2022/12/19

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bringing an open Dippin’ Dots container into a bathroom stall during a sporting event (you know what kind of sport we’re talking about 🏒). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Dippin’ Dots Dippin Dots Vending Machine Reusable grocery bag carried nasty norovirus, scientists say Prevalence of Human Noroviruses in Commercial Food Establishment Bathrooms - PMC The Spread of a Norovirus Surrogate.pdf

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