Risky or Not?

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.

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

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

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using tongs to pick up food. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Post by @bharrap.bsky.social — Bluesky

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using an aquarium pump to circulate the water to aid in thawing a chicken in a cooler of water. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Alton Brown Aquarium Pump thawing Instagram 86. Thawing Poultry at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Quick food thawing with running water versus a recirculating faucet: Comparison of time to thaw and use of water and energy - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cleaning a food thermometer with just water. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cleaning and Other Control and Validation Strategies To Prevent Allergen Cross-Contact in Food-Processing Operations - ScienceDirect Evaluation of the potential for electronic thermometers to contribute to spread of healthcare-associated pathogens - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking tapwater from a bathroom sink where the bathroom smells like a bathroom. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Arc - Robot or Not? #310 - The Incomparable Water Quality : r/Brooklyn The toilet at NYC club CBGB - by Chris Stein : r/UtterlyUniquePhotos CBGB - Wikipedia Cat's Cradle | Live Music and Concerts | Carrboro, NC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from taking a pill dropped in the bathroom sink for less than five seconds. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - Mayo Clinic Rutgers Researchers Debunk 'Five-Second Rule': Eating Food off the Floor Isn't Safe | Rutgers University SINKSHROOM Ultra Revolutionary Bathroom Sink Dog, Cat & Small Pet Drain Protector, Stainless Steel - Chewy.com SinkShroom Chrome Stainless Steel Drain Protector Mfr# SSULTR321 - Ace Hardware Some realtors no longer using "master" to describe bedrooms and bathrooms - CBS News Bathroom sink pop-up drain with overflow (Large Top) - Lulani

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of wearing "new" (to you) clothes without washing first. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Robot or Not? - a podcast from The Incomparable Ep. 604: "Unintentional Curator" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Potential Skin Pathogens on Second Hand Clothes and the Effectiveness of Disinfection Methods - Semantic Scholar "Public Health Implications of Retailer Resale of Returned Textile Clot" by Antonette M. A. Francis-Shearer Contaminated clothing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers is a potential source of transmission - ScienceDirect Second-Hand Clothe, a New Threat for Acquiring Parasitic Infection - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Russel's 120 °F prime rib recipe, which is a follow up to episode 854, Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 854. Chef John's Perfect Prime Rib — Risky or Not? Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Issues 2025-III-33 Raw Animal Foods Come-Up-Time (CUT) Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Biennial Meeting Materials 2025 Council III Issues Packet sent to Assembly of Delegates.pdf - Google Drive Conference for Food Protection, Inc - Guides CFP Guidance Documents for Safe Handling and Cooking of Roaster Pigs 10-25-21. Microbiological Safety of Commercial Prime Rib Preparation Methods: Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella in Mechanically Tenderized Rib Eye - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar for pregnant or immunocompromised people. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼  Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Different Types of Apple Cider Vinegar | OSU Apple Cider Vinegar Apple Cider Vinegar in Pregnancy: Safety, Benefits, and Uses Determination of 5-log reduction times for Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, or Listeria monocytogenes in acidified foods with pH 3.5 or 3.8

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of contracting high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) from medium rare duck breast. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Food Safety Talk 251: Too Many Brooms — Food Safety Talk Instagram Duck Breast Video Thermal Inactivation of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus in Naturally Infected Chicken Meat - ScienceDirect Rapid risk assessment to address emerging concerns of HPAI in raw and pasteurized milk | PLOS One Avian Influenza | Washington State Department of Agriculture Avian Influenza | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA Questions and Answers: Food Safety and Avian Influenza - April 2015

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding raw chicken at room temperature "all day" before cooking. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Staphylococcosis in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual Evaluation of the Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken Fillets and Its Bio-Control Using Different Seaweed Extracts - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of turkey noodle soup that's been boiling water bath canning for 2 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Canning - National Center for Home Food Preservation Ball® Blue Book Guide to Preserving 38th Edition, Recipe Book | Ball Iowa State Factsheet, Botulism Heat-Resistance Studies on Spores of Putrefactive Anaerobes in Relation to Determination of Safe Processes for Canned Foods, 1938. In Memoriam Terence Roberts (4 October 2024) – ICMSF | International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods

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 region in the United States, 2000–2019, including association with soil types | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Tyndallization - Wikipedia Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA

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 the Food Safety and Inspection Service regarding consumer guidelines for the safe cooking of poultry products - PubMed Response to the Questions Posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service Regarding Consumer Guidelines for the Safe Cooking of Poultry Products - ScienceDirect thanksgiving - Risky or Not? Why Does Turkey Make You Sleepy? It Actually Doesn't  

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 Products (Revised Appendix A) December, 2021 Dr. Hook - Wikipedia Dr. John - Wikipedia John Mitzewich - Wikipedia Predictive Model for Growth of Staphylococcus aureus on Raw Pork, Ham, and Sausage - ScienceDirect Mr. Mom: "220, 221… Whatever it takes…" - YouTube APPENDIX 4: Bacterial Pathogen Growth and Inactivation

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 Guard — Risky or Not? DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Yo Home To Bel Air (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme Song) - YouTube

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 Production by Staphylococcus aureus - ScienceDirect Combined Effect of Water Activity, pH and Sub‐optimal Temperature on Growth and Enterotoxin Production of Staphylococcus aureus - Notermans - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library Staphylococcus aureus survival, staphylococcal enterotoxin production and shelf stability of country-cured hams manufactured under different processing procedures - ScienceDirect Imported food risk statement - Uncooked slow dry cured ready-to-eat ham and staphylococcal enterotoxin Validation of Dry Cured Ham Process for Control of Pathogens - Reynolds - 2001 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library 13th ICPMF The Cure - Pictures Of You - YouTube Ben Folds Five - Battle Of Who Could Care Less (Official Video) - YouTube Ben Folds Five - Wikipedia

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 Fruit Juice Spoilage by Alicyclobacillus: Detection and Control Methods—A Comprehensive Review Alicyclobacillus - Wikipedia Find Salvage Grocers and Buy Salvage Food in North Carolina Prevalence, concentration, spoilage, and mitigation of Alicyclobacillus spp. in tropical and subtropical fruit juice concentrates - ScienceDirect Bacterial Spoilage of Citrus Products at pH Lower than 3.5 - ScienceDirect The pH of beverages available to the American consumer - PMC Fruits are vehicles of drug-resistant pathogenic Candida tropicalis - PubMed