Risky or Not?

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.

319. Five Hour Sun Pasta

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risk of eating sun pasta incubated for five hours. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 brunchwithbabs on Instagram: SUN ☀️ PASTA SAUCE 🍝 you’ll never make pasta in the summer the same again. Making this poolside at my daughters home! A family favorite ☀️… Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter What’s all the fuss about San Marzano Tomatoes?? Aren’t they just another Tomato? Can you tell me a bit about em please.

06-24
12:36

244. Food Out of Temperature Control for 6 Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food held out of temperature control for 6 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Merch — Risky or Not? Hors d’oeuvre - Wikipedia Mini Ham Quiches Recipe: How to Make It Frank’s RedHot® Buffalo Chicken Dip Recipe | Frank’s RedHot® US ComBase Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk

12-31
12:08

221. Frozen Food From 1972

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating frozen food from 1972. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Merch — Risky or Not? Lee Katz 🍞 on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman I don’t know if I hear enough about obviously risky foods on #riskyornot. Has anyone has sent this to you yet? https://t.co/pAdnER471x https://t.co/G3IT52rJ3V” / Twitter Woman Finds Food in Grandparents’ Freezer Dating Back to 1972 Then Defrosts It

11-08
08:00

697. Thanksgiving Leftovers

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Thanksgiving leftovers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼   FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?

11-22
13:17

696. Thawing a Turkey in the Garage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from thawing a turkey in the garage. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 631. Thawing a Whole Turkey in a Hot Garage Twice — Risky or Not? 86. Thawing Poultry at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: “Room temperature thawing of frozen meat is an interesting topic that comes up from time to time. If you check all of the food safety advice websites they will tell you that it is not safe to do this. (1/18)” / X The effect of different thawing methods on the growth of bacteria in chicken Thawing turkeys at ambient air temperatures food technology - Google Scholar Consumer food handling recommendations: is thawing of turkey a food safety issue? - PubMed Merch — Risky or Not?

11-20
14:28

695. Rinsing Your Turkey in the Sink

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from rinsing your turkey in the sink. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not? Food Safety Consumer Research Project: Meal Preparation Experiment Related to Poultry Washing A brief history of chicken washing Should You Wash Chicken? Nutrition Security and Food Safety in Rural Texas - College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources Merch — Risky or Not?

11-18
15:55

694. Relying on a Pop Up Thermometer

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from relying on a pop up thermometer. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kitchen Thermometers | Food Safety and Inspection Service Developing a Citizen Science Method to Collect Whole Turkey Thermometer Usage Behaviors Changes in Lighting Source Can Produce Inaccurate Assessment of Visual Poultry Doneness and Induce Consumers To Eat Undercooked Ground Turkey Patties - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?

11-15
16:14

693. Inexperienced Home Chefs and Potlucks

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by inexperienced home chefs and potlucks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 CDC identifies bacteria that killed 3 who ate church meal | Food Safety News Bacteria that killed 3 at Antioch Thanksgiving dinner pinpointed Consumer Food Handling in the Home: A Review of Food Safety Studies - ScienceDirect Food Safety in Home Kitchens: A Synthesis of the Literature Where Does Foodborne Illness Happen—in the Home, at Foodservice, or Elsewhere—and Does It Matter? | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease Merch — Risky or Not?

11-13
16:42

692. Guacamole Left Out Overnight

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole left out overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Mild Guacamole - Yucatan Guacamole Yucatan Authentic Guacamole 16 oz, 16 oz - Kroger Avocados - Food Source Information Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Avocado Pulp and Processed Guacamole - 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 Evaluation of Avocados as a Possible Source of Listeria monocytogenes Infections, United States, 2016 to 2019 - ScienceDirect Growth Kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes in Cut Produce - ScienceDirect

11-11
12:47

691. Freeze Dried Beef Organs and Colostrum Smoothie

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a freeze dried beef organs and colostrum smoothie. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Social Media Analytics and Publishing - Fedica (Formerly Tweepsmap) Post | LinkedIn Erewhon’s Raw Animal-Based Smoothie has organs, unpasteurized dairy - Los Angeles Times Erewhon How to Pronounce Erewhon (Correctly!) - YouTube Bovine lymph nodes as a source of Escherichia coli contamination of the meat - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?

11-08
12:18

690. Letting a Toddler Eat Raw Flour

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a toddler eat raw flour. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 684. Recalled Treehouse Waffles — Risky or Not? Brantford - Wikipedia Consumption of Raw Flour in the United States: Results from the 2019 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety and Nutrition Survey - ScienceDirect Consumer Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding Food Safety Risks Associated with Wheat Flour - ScienceDirect Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour — United States, 2019 | MMWR Raw Flour and Dough | Food Safety | CDC Uncooked Flour: A Hazardous Ingredient? Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Nonpathogenic Bacterial Surrogates in Wheat Flour by Baking in a Household Oven - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?

11-06
11:26

689. Eating Mussels Unopened After Cooking

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating mussels still unopened after cooking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What does it mean if a clam is open or closed before cooking? Is one better to eat than the other, and why? - Quora Why can’t you eat shellfish that didn’t open during cooking? : r/AskCulinary Mussel Did You Knows - Mussel Facts - PEI Mussels Information Mussels | Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference A comparative study of the effect of different cooking methods on the quality and shucking of mussels - Marinopoulou - 2022 - Journal of Food Processing and Preservation - Wiley Online Library A comparative study of the effect of different cooking methods on the quality and shucking of mussels The Rule About Not Eating Closed Mussels Is Actually Complicated Improving Post Harvest Handling to Add Value to Farmed Mussels, Report Prepared By Nick V. Ruello Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse - Decoding the Gurus

11-04
19:26

688. Eating Slivered Onions Today

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slivered onions today in light of the ongoing outbreak. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders | E. coli infection | CDC Taylor Farms: Leading Producer of Healthy Salads & Fresh Foods E. Coli Outbreak Tied to McDonald’s Widens to 75 People in 13 States - The New York Times California firm recalls onion products amid E. coli outbreak - Los Angeles Times Outbreak Investigation of E. coli O157:H7: McDonald’s Quarter Pounders (October 2024) | FDA US Foods reports Taylor Farms has issued a recall of whole and diced raw onions : r/Cooking US Foods reports Taylor Farms has issued a recall of whole and diced raw onions | Food Safety News US Foods recall notification Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history | Food Safety News Publications on the Microbial Safety of Onions Taylor Farms Colorado Foodservice Voluntary Yellow Onion Recall - Taylor Farms Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Onions (October 2023) | FDA Survival or Growth of Inoculated Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on Yellow Onions (Allium cepa)under Conditions Simulating Food Service and Consumer Handling and Storage - ScienceDirect Modification of the Definition of TCS Foods | Council III | 2023 Biennial Meeting | Conference for Food Protection | Conference for Food Protection

11-01
22:29

687. Nerds Gummy Clusters

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Nerds Gummy Clusters (when you are not allergic to Carmine B). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Nerds Gummy Clusters: The internet is obsessed. That was entirely by design. Color Additives | FDA Small Entity Compliance Guide: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods and Cosmetic Products that Contain Cochineal Extract and Carmine | FDA Color Additives Questions and Answers for Consumers | FDA Color Additives History | FDA The Truth About Red Food Dye Made from Bugs | Live Science Carmine - Wikipedia Crunchy Gummy Yummy - Nerds Tiny, Tangy Crunchy Dual Flavoured NERDS Candy Sour Patch Kids | Snackworks Amazon.com : Maynards Wine Gums Bag 165g (Pack of 6) : Grocery & Gourmet Food Doctor Who: Jelly Baby Supercut – 4th Doctor/Tom Baker Tribute (2020) - YouTube Flavoring and Coloring Agents: Health Risks and Potential Problems - ScienceDirect Cochineal dye-induced immediate allergy: Review of Japanese cases and proposed new diagnostic chart - ScienceDirect Samhain - Wikipedia

10-30
12:04

686. Eating an Egg Fried on Astroturf

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating an egg fried on Astroturf. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Heat Levels — Safe Healthy Playing Fields Toxicity/Carcinogens — Safe Healthy Playing Fields “The Artificial Turf at the Women’s World Cup Was Reportedly 120 Degrees at Kick Off” — Safe Healthy Playing Fields The artificial turf at the Women’s World Cup was reportedly 120 degrees at kick off - The Washington Post Surface Temperature of Synthetic Turf ChatGPT - Eggs on Astro-turf Risky

10-28
18:04

685. Pouring Unused Maple Syrup Back Into the Container

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of pouring unused maple syrup back into the container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Identification of Microbial Spoilage in Maple Syrup Samples Mold in Maple Syrup Fungi in Ontario maple syrup & some factors that determine the presence of mold damage - ScienceDirect Fungi Associated with Pure Maple Syrup Packed at the Minimum Recommended Reheating Temperature - ScienceDirect Brix: The Essential Knowledge The Science of Syrup - Maine Maple Producers Association Maple Food Safety Plans - Cooperative Extension: Maple Syrup Production The Role Of Spoilage Fungi In Seed Deterioration Province of Manitoba | agriculture - Water Content and Water Activity: Two Factors That Affect Food Safety

10-25
16:35

684. Recalled Treehouse Waffles

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from waffles currently recalled for Listeria monocytogenes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 559. Waffles — Risky or Not? Merch — Risky or Not? “We promise not to waffle” graphic tee, long sleeve tee, tank, onesie, pullover crewneck, and pullover hoodie by Don Schaffner. | Cotton Bureau TreeHouse Foods Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Waffle Products Due to the Potential for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination | FDA Updated Parameters for Listeria monocytogenes Dose–Response Model Considering Pathogen Virulence and Age and Sex of Consumer Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited—Incorporating Adjustments for Variability in Strain Virulence and Host Susceptibility - Pouillot* - 2015 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library Listeria monocytogenes: Low Levels Equal Low Risk - ScienceDirect Frozen Waffle Recall for Listeria | TreeHouse Foods - Consumer Reports TreeHouse Foods expands listeria-linked waffles recall to all products TreeHouse Foods, Inc. - TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall to Include All Waffle and Pancake Products Due to the Potential for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination Brantford - Wikipedia TreeHouse Foods-Voluntary Recall FAQs Oct-22-24.pdf

10-23
19:01

683. Pastor Pinkston's Putrid Pumpkin Products

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by clumpy pumpkin spice creamer stored in an overfull church refrigerator. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 423. Pastor Pinkston’s Plentiful Pork Products — Risky or Not? If you pour cream in your coffee and it’s lumpy like cottage cheese but it smells ok, is it bad or can you drink it? - Quora boor milk spoiklage - Google Scholar Food Spoilage Microorganisms - Google Books Psychrotolerant spore-former growth characterization for the development of a dairy spoilage predictive model - ScienceDirect Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect Gene detection and toxin production evaluation of hemolysin BL of Bacillus cereus isolated from milk and dairy products marketed in Brazil - PMC A Study To Assess the Numbers and Prevalence of Bacillus cereus and Its Toxins in Pasteurized Fluid Milk - PubMed Clouds in My Coffee - Wikipedia Acids in brewed coffees: Chemical composition and sensory threshold - ScienceDirect Death Wish Coffee’s cold brew recalled from shelves (botulism risk) : r/Coffee

10-21
18:19

682. Storing Food in a Glass Jar That Used to Be a Fish Tank

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing food in a glass jar that used to be a fish tank. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How long did your betta live/How old is your betta? : r/bettafish Bacterial zoonoses of fishes: A review and appraisal of evidence for linkages between fish and human infections - ScienceDirect Mycobacteria - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Development of a new method to identify parameters affecting the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers Microbial Diversity and Potential Pathogens in Ornamental Fish Aquarium Water | PLOS ONE Reduction of faecal coliform, coliform and heterotrophic plate count bacteria in the household kitchen and bathroom by disinfection with hypochlorite cleaners | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic

10-18
11:41

681. Cookie Dough Dreams Raw Cookie Dough

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating raw cookie dough from Cookie Dough Dreams in LA. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Never Not Funny – The Jimmy Pardo Podcast. Home - Cookie Dough Dreams Press - Cookie Dough Dreams #1 Organic and #1 Fair Trade Coffee – Death Wish Coffee Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Cookie Dough | CDC New Burbank dessert store serves safe-to-eat cookie batter Heat Treated Flour & Delivery System - SafeGuard® | Ardent Mills Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Nonpathogenic Bacterial Surrogates in Wheat Flour by Baking in a Household Oven - ScienceDirect Heat resistance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and potential surrogates in wheat flour at two moisture levels - ScienceDirect

10-16
15:17

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