110. Counter Top Nachos
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating counter top nachos.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
109. Uncooked Frozen Carrots*
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating uncooked frozen carrots*.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 *
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- El Chico Mexican Restaurant Relish | SPCrahan | Copy Me That
- Recall & Advice to Consumers and Retailers Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Frozen Vegetables | Listeria | CDC
- Alternative approaches to the risk management of Listeria monocytogenes in low risk foods
- Listeria monocytogenes survival in refrigerator dill pickles - PubMed
108. Parking Lot Tamales
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating parking lot tamales.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Emily Coleman on Twitter: "There was a woman in the Walmart parking lot selling tamales and I bought them and Abi said, "Did you really just do that?" And I told her that when a woman offers you tamales in a parking lot, you just do it."
- Knowledge and Practices of Meat Safety by Meat Sellers in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana
- Tamale - Wikipedia
- Every Single Thing You Need to Know About Mexican Street Food - Eater
107. Slapping a Chicken to Cook It
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slapping your chicken.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "The simulation shows lots of bits of blue flying away, so I'm going to assume that is 63°F chicken flying around your kitchen
- Matt’s Newsletter
- Full article: A review on underwater shockwave processing and its application in food technology
- Physics Major Calculates How Hard You Have To Slap Chicken To Cook It And People React With Hilarious Memes | Bored Panda
106. Sharing Dessert
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sharing dessert on Valentines (or any other) Day
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Is Double-Dipping a Food Safety Problem or Just a Nasty Habit? - Scientific American
- Effect of Biting Before Dipping (Double‐Dipping) Chips on the Bacterial Population of the Dipping Solution
- Woman Who Licked Blue Bell Ice Cream Tub And Put It Back Could Face Charges : NPR
- Emerging role of bacteria in oral carcinogenesis: a review with special reference to perio-pathogenic bacteria
- Saliva and viral infections
- Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed
105. Week Old Room Temperature Bacon
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating week old room temperature bacon.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-Scale Isothermal Meat Inoculation Studies
- Predicting Pathogen Growth during Short-Term Temperature Abuse of Raw Pork, Beef, and Poultry Products: Use of an Isothermal-Based Predictive Tool
- Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center Cooked Bacon Fact Sheet.pdf
- US Food & Drug Administration - Job Aid: Time and Temperature Control for Safety Foods
104. Spagetti Nasal Flossing
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of flossing your nose with spagetti.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Distinguishing the dominant species of pathogen in maxillary sinusitis by sequencing DNA dataset analysis - PubMed
- Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta
- Biochemical and toxic diversity of Bacillus cereus in a pasta and meat dish associated with a food-poisoning case
- Spaghetti Nasal Flossing - YouTube
103. Sourdough Bread With Russian Starter Culture
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating sourdough bread made with starter culture ordered from Russia.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Rob Dunn | Applied Ecology | NC State University
- Safety Assessment and Probiotic Evaluation of Enterococcus Faecium YF5 Isolated from Sourdough
- Take Care when Sharing Friendship Bread
- Sourdough breads and related products | SpringerLink
- A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella serotype Thompson infection from commercially distributed bread contaminated by an ill food handler | Epidemiology & Infection
- Growth of Salmonella enterica and Staphylococcus aureus in no-knead bread dough during prolonged yeast fermentation - PubMed
102. Perpetual Stew
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating perpetual stew.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- shaney gober on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Has this come to you guys yet? https://t.co/0DGwnhYoR7" / Twitter
- Perpetual stew. How is it safe to consume? - Quora
- Perpetual Stew: Is it good? Is it safe (compared to modern food practices)? Has anyone done it? : kingdomcome
- The Stew You Brew (and Eat) for Years: Perpetual Stew | HowStuffWorks
- Louro perpetual stew (@perpetual_stew) / Twitter
- Why You Shouldn't Be Terrified of This Never-Ending Stew | Food & Wine
- Is Medieval Perpetual Stew for You? - AleHorn - Viking Drinking Horn Vessels and Accessories
101. Dirty Raw Fresh Mushrooms
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dirty raw fresh mushrooms.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Incidence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Fresh Ground Beef, Sprouts, and Mushrooms | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
- Evaluation of Microbial Loads on Dried and Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) as Obtained from Internet and Local Retail Markets, Respectively
- Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Enoki Mushrooms | Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Enoki Mushrooms | March 2020 | Listeria | CDC
- Cultivable microbiome of fresh white button mushrooms - Rossouw - 2017 - Letters in Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
- Microbial ecology of mushroom casing soils and preharvest strategies to enhance safety and quality of fresh mushrooms
100. Yogurt Past Its Best by Date
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating yogurt past its best by date.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
99. Drinking Soda Through Raw Pasta Straw
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking soda through a raw pasta straw.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Why Is There a Bucatini Shortage in America?
- Bucatini - Wikipedia
- Survival of Microorganisms in Stored Pasta | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press
- The Extended Conformation of the 2.9-Å Crystal Structure of the Three-PASTA Domain of a Ser/Thr Kinase from the Human Pathogen Staphylococcus aureus - ScienceDirect
- Improved Electrotransformation and Decreased Antibiotic Resistance of the Cystic Fibrosis Pathogen Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain J2315 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Effects of industrial pasta drying temperatures on starch properties and pasta quality - ScienceDirect
- Microbiological Quality of Raw Dried Pasta from the German Market, with Special Emphasis on Cronobacter Species - Akineden - 2015 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
- Outbreak of E. coli Infections Linked to Flour | E. coli Infections Linked to Flour | May 2019 | E. coli | CDC
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Escherichia coli in flour – sources, risks and prevention
98. Donated Foods at End of the Day
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from donated foods at end of the day.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Jon Fisher on Twitter: "Paging @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman. Please see this thread. Why is this a thing?" / Twitter
- Walter Chaw 周瑜 on Twitter: "At Starbucks, we were instructed to throw away all the sandwiches/salads/protein plates at the end of the day. No, you can't take them home. No, you can't donate them. Throw them away. We considered it "theft" and you would be fired if you didn't toss them. Multiply by 31,256." / Twitter
- Food Safety Guidelines for Food Banks | Feeding America
- Stew of Sustainability 2020 | Fundraising Video - YouTube
97. Two Beer Steak
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from the beer in two beer steak.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- William Coney on Twitter: "Ricky or not? @bugcounter @benjaminchapman" / Twitter
- ᴄᴀɪᴛ on Twitter: "i love this province i don’t ever want to leave https://t.co/vEmYtnu1ZD" / Twitter
- Centreville Valufoods/ ANBL Agency | Facebook
- Microbiological baseline study of beef and pork carcasses from provincially inspected abattoirs in Alberta, Canada
- Bacteria on Can Lids
- About | Valufoods | Hartland's & Centreville's Community Groceries
96. Eating Raw Sprouts
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw sprouts.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Jonathan's Sprouts - Jonathan's Sprouts
- ISGA – International Sprout Growers Association
- FDA Concludes Major Sampling Study of Sprouts | FDA
- Sprout Safety Alliance | FDA
- Advice to Consumers & Retailers | Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen Infections Linked to Alfalfa Sprouts Produced by Sweetwater Farms | February 2016 | Salmonella | CDC
- Microgreens—A review of food safety considerations along the farm to fork continuum - ScienceDirect
- Barf Blog - A great resource on why we should reconsider Sprouts | Marler Blog
95. Eating Food From Rodent Gnawed Packages
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food from rodent gnawed packages.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Gnawed food packets for sale and active rodent infestations triggers closure of businesses and restaurants
- Mice infestations close sushi restaurant and Asian food market
- How do Rodents Play Role in Transmission of Foodborne Diseases?
- Rule of thumb - Wikipedia
- List of Predatory Publishers | Stop Predatory Journals
94. Room Temperature Fermented Hot Sauce
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making and shipping room temperature fermented hot sauce
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
93. Using The Inversion Method for Jams and Jellies
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using inversion method for jams and jellies.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Ben Stanfield on Twitter: Jam canning advice from one of the year’s top cookbooks and a celebrated chef. Risky or not?
- Baking at the 20th Century Cafe: Iconic European Desserts from Linzer Torte to Honey Cake: Polzine, Michelle: 9781579658984: Amazon.com: Books
- National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Jam and Jelly
- Judging Home Preserved Foods
- Inversion Canning - Healthy Canning
- Food Safety Talk 217: Fruit Forward — Food Safety Talk
- Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
- Food Preservation Competition
92. Refrigerating Unopened Canned Food
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of refrigerating unopened canned food.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
91. Eating Roadkill
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating roadkill.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- The Jungle - Wikipedia
- FSIS Veterinary Opportunities
- Transmission | Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) | CDC
- Proper Processing of Wild Game and Fish - Food Safety - Home Food Safety - Food Safety and Quality
- Occurrence | Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) | Prion Disease | CDC
- Armadillos and leprosy: from infection to biological model