70. Waterglassing Eggs for Room Temperature Storage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of waterglassing eggs for room temperature storage.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Experimentally Killing Salmonella typhimurium on Egg Shells by Washing - ScienceDirect
• (10) Facebook
• Water Glassing Eggs for Long-Term Storage - Backyard Poultry
• https://www.fsis.usda.gov/shared/PDF/SE_Risk_Assess_Oct2005.pdf
• 39: Chapman's Backyard Poultry — Risky or Not?
• ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2, Episode 2 Review: Chapter 10—The Passenger | IndieWire

69. Licking a Chocolate Statue

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of licking a chocolate statue.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Watch in horror as people lick and bite a chocolate Benedict Cumberbatch statue
• Veronica Bryant (@NoroNerd) / Twitter
• Vomiting Device Offers First Direct Evidence That Vomit Aerosolizes Norovirus-Like Particles | NC State News

68. Colander Rinsing

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of only rinsing a colander.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Neuro Fuzzy® Rice Cooker & Warmer NS-ZCC10/18 | Zojirushi.com
• Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta - Juneja - 2019 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Bacillus cereus Biofilms—Same, Only Different

67. Three Day Old Hand Towels

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using three day old hand towels.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• ‎Bacterial Occurrence in Kitchen Hand Towels
• The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - PubMed
• A study of the microbial content of the domestic kitchen: International Journal of Environmental Health Research: Vol 5, No 2

66. Eating Old Frozen Fish

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating old frozen fish.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
• Quality in Frozen Food - Marilyn C. Erickson, Yen-Con Hung - Google Books
• How Does the Freezer Burn Our Food? - Schmidt - 2009 - Journal of Food Science Education - Wiley Online Library

65. Egg Whites in Alcoholic Drinks

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using egg white in alcoholic drinks.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Would you like some eggs with your cocktail? | barfblog
• Antibacterial activity of egg white: influence of physico-chemical conditions

64. COVID-19 Outdoor Dining Pods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using COVID-19 outdoor dining pods.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "I’ll say interesting idea.
• Louis Cifer Brew Works

63. Reusing a Meat Thermometer

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing a meat thermometer.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Thermapen Mk4 Instant-read Thermometer for meat & more
• Comark PDT300 Waterproof Chefs Instant Read Thermometer
• Old USDA Appendix A
• 160°F Is Good

62. Drinking Directly From a Soda Can

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking directly from a soda can.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Kids can leave the can open : Nature News
• Method of protecting the open top of a beer can and a soda can against contamination by insects, dirt and debris

61. Trick or Treating Bare Handed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of trick or treating bare handed.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Halloween - Wikipedia
• COVID-19: Holiday Celebrations | CDC
• Cleaning and Disinfectant Chemical Exposures and Temporal Associations with COVID-19 — National Poison Data System, United States, January 1, 2020–March 31, 2020 | MMWR

60. Reusing Disposable Coffee Cups

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing disposable coffee cups.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 38: Black Coffee at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?
• Why can't I put your paper cups or soup cups in the microwave?

59. Raw Pet Food

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of serving raw pet food to your pets.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Get the Facts! Raw Pet Food Diets can be Dangerous to You and Your Pet | FDA
• Pet Food Safety | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC
• Raw pet food blamed for human E. coli outbreak | Food Safety News
• pet food | Food Safety News
• Instinct® Frozen Raw Dog Food - Natural, Grain Free, Raw | dog Frozen Food | PetSmart

58. Reusable Containers in Grocery Stores

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using reusable containers in grocery stores
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Metro grocery stores in Quebec will allow customers to shop with reusable containers | CBC News
• Metro | Site corporatif

57. Edible Flowers

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating edible flowers
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Edible flowers. Benefits and risks pertaining to their consumption - ScienceDirect
• Edible flowers: A review of the nutritional, antioxidant, antimicrobial properties and effects on human health - ScienceDirect
• Comparison of microbial diversity of edible flowers and basil grown with organic versus conventional methods - Canadian Journal of Microbiology
• Edible Flowers Fact Sheet, Colorado State

56. Day Old Poutine

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating day old poutine.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Poutine - Wikipedia
• 5: Doner Kebab — Risky or Not?
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA
• The Social Bar & Table – Fresh & Local Everyday

55. Dehydrator Beef Jerky

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making beef jerky in your dehydrator.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• FSIS Compliance Guideline for Meat and Poultry Jerky Produced by Small and Very Small Establishments
• Jerky and Food Safety
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Dry
• Fate of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Species in Ground Beef Jerky | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
• Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes , and Salmonella typhimurium during Preparation and Storage of Beef Jerky - PubMed

54: Touching Your Face

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of touching your face during the pandemic.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• LPT: Teach yourself to not touch your face throughout the day - you’ll get sick less, as hand to face/mouth contact is one of the most common routes for microbial transmission. : LifeProTips
• Transmission of experimental rhinovirus infection by contaminated surfaces. - Abstract - Europe PMC
• Aerosol Transmission of Rhinovirus Colds | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic

53: Brining Turkey in the Crisper

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining your turkey in the produce crisper of your refrigerator.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Randal Oulton on Twitter... turning their crispers into bathtubs for turkeys.
• Brining Safely Will Bring Tender, Flavorful Meat to the Thanksgiving Table | USDA
• Gobble Gobble! | Insatiable Munchies

52: Bulk Soap

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of open, refillable bulk soap containers.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
• Urban Dictionary: marry the ketchups
• Bacterial hand contamination and transfer after use of contaminated bulk-soap-refillable dispensers - PubMed

51: Linda's Hot Beets

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding unrefrigerated processed beets in your car for 5 hours.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Love Beets - Healthy Organic Beets, Beet Juice and Beet Powders
• 100% Organic Cooked Beets | Love Beets
• Batavia, New York - Wikipedia
• Geneseo, New York - Wikipedia
• Botulism from Home-Canned Beets.
• Botulism from Home-Canned Beets Outbreak Details: Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database