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48: John's Old Refrigerated Fried Rice

September 30, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fried rice refrigerated for a long time.
Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • john roderick on Twitter: "I just ate a bunch of fried rice "..."
  • Relationship Between the Heat Resistance of Spores and the Optimum and Maximum Growth Temperatures of Bacillus Species.
  • Food Standards Australia - Bacillus cereus
September 30, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Bacillus cereus, John Roderick, Fried rice
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47: Peanut Butter Fingering

September 28, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of double dipping a finger into your peanut butter.
Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Ted Lasso - Wikipedia
  • Effect of Biting Before Dipping (Doubleโ€Dipping) Chips on the Bacterial Population of the Dipping Solution
September 28, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Ted Lasso, Double dipping
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46: Honey Fermented Garlic

September 24, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey fermented garlic.

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • Honey Fermented Garlic: A Natural Remedy for Cold and Flu | Yang's Nourishing Kitchen
  • Current Food Safety Issues of Home-prepared Vegetables and Herbs Stored in Oil
  • Honey - Wikipedia
  • pH and Acids in Honey
  • Welcome to the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program
September 24, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Honey, Garlic, Botulism
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45: Masked Waiters Touching Your Plate

September 23, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of masked waiters touching your plate.

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • The Lincoln Project on Twitter: "VOTER: Why canโ€™t we have a national mask mandate? TRUMP: Waiters.
  • Considerations for Restaurants and Bars | COVID-19 | CDC
  • Community and Close Contact Exposures Associated with COVID-19 Among Symptomatic Adults โ‰ฅ18 Years in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities โ€” United States, July 2020 | MMWR
  • NZ Document on COVID-19 Transmission Via Food
September 23, 2020 /Don Schaffner
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Restaurants
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44: Salt Cured Egg Yolks

September 21, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating salt cured egg yolks.

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • Cured Egg Yolks Recipe | Bon Appetit
  • Salt Cured Egg Yolks
  • Effect of sublethal heat stress on Salmonella Typhimurium virulence
  • "salt cured" egg yolk - Google Scholar
  • Evaluating the Risk of Contracting Salmonellosis from Egg Yolk 'Parmesan' Based on Water Activity
September 21, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Egg yolks, Salt
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43: Masks on the Table

September 18, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving ones facemask on the table in times of COVID-19.
Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

September 18, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Masks, COVID-19
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42: Reboiling Soup

September 16, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reboiled soup stored at room temperature.

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • Daring Fireball: Jason Kottke on Dean Allen
  • Food Safety Talk 144: They Look and Taste Like Green Turds โ€” Food Safety Talk
  • Bending the Rules on Bacteria and Food Safety - The New York Times
  • Tyndallization - Wikipedia
September 16, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Soup, Reheating
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41: Butter at Room Temperature

September 14, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing butter at room temperature

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Exposure of Listeria monocytogenes within an epidemic caused by butter in Finland - ScienceDirect
  • Viability of Pathogenic Organisms in Butter.
  • Applied Dairy Microbiology, Second Edition - Google Books
  • Can You Leave Butter Out?
  • Food Safety During Power Outage | FoodSafety.gov
  • Microbiological Safety and Quality of Food - Google Books
  • Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods
  • Viability of Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes in butter, yellow fat spreads, and margarine as affected by temperature and physical abuse - ScienceDirect
September 14, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Butter, Room Temperature
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40: Refrozen Butter

September 11, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of refreezing butter.
Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Which Foods Can be Refrozen and Which Can't - UGA
  • The Big Thaw
September 11, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Butter, Freezing
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39: Chapman's Backyard Poultry

September 09, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Ben's backyard (and front yard) poultry flock.

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • Backyard Poultry Flocks and Salmonellosis: A Recurring, Yet Preventable Public Health Challenge | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Salmonella Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices: A Survey of Backyard Poultry Owners Residing in Seattle, Washington and the Surrounding Metropolitan Area
  • Notes from the Field: Environmental Investigation of a Multistate Salmonellosis Outbreak Linked to Live Backyard Poultry from a Mail-Order Hatchery โ€” Michigan, 2018
  • Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry, United States, 1990โ€“2014
  • WKRP "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" Thanksgiving - YouTube
  • Food Safety Talk 149: Free-range, Grass-fed Raised Unicorns โ€” Food Safety Talk
  • About Risky or Not... and our music by Jonathan Coulton
September 09, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Chickens, Salmonella
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38: Black Coffee at Room Temperature

September 07, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding black coffee at room temperature all day.

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Antibacterial activity of tea (Camellia sinensis) and coffee (Coffee arabica) with special reference to Salmonella typhimurium. - Abstract - Europe PMC
  • Antibacterial Activity of Coffee Extracts and Selected Coffee Chemical Compounds against Enterobacteria | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Food Safety Considerations for Coffee and Tea Brewers | Food Safety & Quality Blog
  • Death Wish coffee recall: Nitro Cold Brew can kill you
September 07, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Coffee, Room Temperature
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37: Tea at Room Temperature

September 04, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making or holding tea at room temperature.

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • Genmaicha - Wikipedia
  • What You Should Know Before Sipping Your Next Batch of Sun Tea, According to a Food Microbiologist | News Break
  • Health Relevance of the Presence of Fecal Coliforms in Iced Tea and Leaf Tea
  • Herbal Tea recalled in Canada for Salmonella risk | Food Safety News
  • Herbal tea for infants, adults recalled because of Salmonella risk | Food Safety News
  • Survival of Salmonella on chamomile, peppermint, and green tea during storage and subsequent survival or growth following tea brewing - PubMed
  • Survival of Salmonella on Chamomile, Peppermint, and Green Tea during Storage and Subsequent Survival or Growth following Tea Brewing | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
  • US6120825A - Method for the hygienic preparation, storage, handling and dispensing of tea - Google Patents
September 04, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Tea, Room Temperature, Fecal Coliforms
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36: Sucking the Air Out of a Meat Bag

September 02, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sucking the air out of a meat bag

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Lakeside Refrigerated Services Recalls Beef Products due to Possible E.coli O157:H7 Contamination

  • Food Safety Talk 79: Youโ€™re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) โ€” Food Safety Talk

September 02, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Cross-contamination, Meat
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35: Reusing Red Onion Pickling Brine

August 31, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks or reusing reusing red onion pickling brine

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Quick Pickled Onions Recipe | Bon Appetit

  • Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella Newport: Red Onions (July 2020) | FDA

August 31, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Onions, Pickling
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34: Thawing Frozen Fish in Vacuum Packed Bag

August 28, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of thawing frozen fish in vacuum packed bag

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • NACMCF report on MAP fishery products

  • Conservative Prediction of Time to Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation for Use with Time-Temperature Indicators To Ensure the Safety of Foods | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press

  • Consumer home refrigeration practices: results of a web-based survey - PubMed


August 28, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Botulism, Fish, Thawing, Vacuum packaging
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33: Black Garlic

August 26, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of fermenting black garlic

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Black garlic - Wikipedia

  • Black Garlic โ€“ food safety โ€“ Dr. Brian Nummer PhD

August 26, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Black garlic, Fermentation
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32: Food Stored in a Delivery Bag in a Restroom

August 24, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food stored in a delivery bag in a restroom

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • (12) JSmith on Twitter: โ€œRisky or Not? @benjaminchapman @bugcounter https://t.co/n5mMp5MxKvโ€ / Twitter

  • Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP

August 24, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Restrooms, Food delivery, Norovirus
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31: Rice Left in a Warming Rice Cooker Over Night

August 21, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating rice left in a warming rice cooker over night

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Neuro Fuzzyยฎ Rice Cooker & Warmer NS-ZCC10/18 | Zojirushi.com

  • Bacillus cereus - Wikipedia

August 21, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Rice, Rice cooker, Temperature
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30: Cutting Mold Off Hard Cheese

August 19, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cutting mold off hard cheese

Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

  • Formation of Aflatoxin in Cheddar Cheese by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus - ScienceDirect

August 19, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Aflatoxin, Cheese, Mold
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29: Methanol Hand Sanitizer

August 17, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risk of methanol hand sanitizer.

Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ
Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ

  • FDA updates on hand sanitizers consumers should not use | FDA

  • Serious Adverse Health Events, Including Death, Associated with Ingesting Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol โ€” Arizona and New Mexico, Mayโ€“June 2020 | MMWR

  • 8 People in U.S. Have Died After Ingesting Hand Sanitizer Containing โ€˜Toxicโ€™ Methanol

  • Toxicity of Methyl alcohol (Methanol) Following Skin Absorption and Inhalation | Industrial & Engineering Chemistry

  • The hidden danger of hand sanitizer | MDedge Psychiatry

August 17, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Hand sanitizer, Methanol
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