143. Edible Insects
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating insects.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
142. Beeswax Wraps
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using beeswax wraps
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
141. Vacuum Packaged Pizza In The Mail
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending vacuum packaged pizza in the mail.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
140. Will's One Tong Grilling Method
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the same tong to flip meat on a grill and to serve that meat.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
139. One Moldy Berry
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a batch of berries after the one moldy berry is removed.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Mycotoxins in fruits and their processed products: Analysis, occurrence and health implications
- Mycotoxigenic potential of fungi isolated from freshly harvested Argentinean blueberries
- Molds on Food: Are They Dangerous?
"Friend of the pod" Dr. Linda Harris said: "Don - I appreciate your RON link to UCFood Safety website. BUT I found that our link to this was outdated. You should update your link to this:"
Best practice: don't re-host PDF's on your website, link to the original and then update links when they go stale.
138. Non Airtight Bags of Chips
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating chips from a bag that is not air-tight.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
137. Tap Water in Mexico
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking tap water in Mexico.
- Fecal Contamination of Drinking-Water in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Unsafe waters: the hydrosocial cycle of drinking water in Western Mexico
- Evaluation of water quality through the distribution system in Cancún, Mexico
- An outbreak of norovirus infection caused by ice cubes and a leaking air ventilation valve
136. Eating Cold Leftovers
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cold leftovers.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
135. Coffee (Or Tea) With Milk on a Mug Warmer for 6 Plus Hours
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of keeping coffee (or tea) with milk on a mug warmer for 6 plus hours.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Cortex - Relay FM
- Relay FM
- FSIS Salmonella Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments that Produce Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products and Revised Appendix A | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- I like my sugar with coffee and cream - YouTube
- Ember®: The World’s First Temperature Control Mug
- ComBase Perfringens Predictor
- CB Premium
134. Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake
Dr. Don and Professor Ben have a special birthday episode for the birthday boy (Ben) and talk about the risks from eating cake where someone has blown out candles.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - *not risky 👍🏼
* depending upon the month
- Patrick Ford on Twitter: blowing out candles on a birthday cake!
- Blowing Out Birthday Candles Increases Cake Bacteria by 1,400 Percent - The Atlantic
- Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake | Dawson | Journal of Food Research | CCSE
- Detection of NoroviruElizabeth Newbold <Elizabeth.Newbold@uvm.edu data-preserve-html-node="true">s in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PubMed
133. Storing Eggs in the Car for a Few Days
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of forgetting your eggs in the car for a few days
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- neil chazin on Twitter
- Egg safety - Canada.ca
- Glass Half Empty on Twitter
- Risk Assessment Models for Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs and Salmonella spp. in Egg Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- TextExpander – Productivity App | Text Expander
- Modelling survival behaviour of Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis, Typhimurium and Tennessee on table eggs during storage at different temperatures - ScienceDirect
132. Sending Unheated Hot Dogs in a Kids Lunch
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending unheated hot dogs in a kids lunch
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- ComBase
- Reducing the Incidence of Listeria on Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products – Three Alternatives, University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Meat Process Validation
- Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Interagency Risk Assessment: Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens - Technical Report
131. Not Following the FDA Model Food Code Handwashing Directions
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks that might arise from not following the FDA Model Food Code handwashing directions
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers as an Effective Alternative to Handwashing in Retail Food and Foodservice Settings When Heavy Soiling is Not Present on Hands | Journal of Food Protection
- Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers vs. Handwashing: What Should Food Handlers Do? | News
- “Churchill” on Prepositions | Common Errors in English Usage and More | Washington State University
- Assessment of Food Safety Practices of Food Service Food Handlers (Risk Assessment Data): Testing a Communication Intervention (Evaluation of Tools) | Journal of Food Protection
- Health Department Inspection Criteria More Likely To Be Associated with Outbreak Restaurants in Minnesota | Journal of Food Protection
- The Bathroom Boys | Do By Friday
130. Drinking Civit Poop Coffee
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking coffee made from beans pooped our by a civit.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Gluconobacter dominates the gut microbiome of the Asian palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus that produces kopi luwak [PeerJ]
- Is Kopi Luwak safe to drink? - Coffee Stack Exchange
- Campus News: Kopi luwak coffee safe, U of G study finds
- What is Kopi Luwak? (and Why You Shouldn't Drink it) - Coffee Affection
- What is kopi luwak? A literature review on production, quality and problems
- Beall's List – of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers
129. Sushi From Non-Sushi Grade Fish
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating sushi made from non-sushi grade fish.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
128. Milk on the Counter Over Night
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from leaving milk on the counter over night.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
127. Making Blown Out Easter Eggs
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making blown out eggs for Easter.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
126. Cooking With Non Food Grade Essential Oils
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking with non food grade essential oils.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- How Do I Choose and Use Essential Oils? | Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing
- FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard | FDA
- Essential Oils: Poisonous when Misused
- Essential oils – Health warning
- Aromatherapy | FDA
- Amazon.com : Angel Bake Pure Lavender Extract : Grocery & Gourmet Food
125. Fundraising Bake Sales
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from fundraising bake sales.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Bake Sale Bumper Sticker
- FDA Investigated Multistate Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli Infections Linked to Flour | FDA
- A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella serotype Thompson infection from commercially distributed bread contaminated by an ill food handler | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
- Six food safety tips for bake sales - MSU Extension
- Bake Sale Guidelines | Student Leadership & Involvement | Allegheny College
- Ontario Northwestern Health Unit, Food Safety Guidelines for Bake Sales
124. Shrimp Tails in a Cereal Box
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of finding shrimp tails in a cereal box.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am (Official Music Video) - YouTube
- Jensen Karp on Twitter: "Ummmm @CTCSquares - why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit) https://t.co/tTjiAdrnVp" / Twitter
- Man Says He Found Shrimp Tails in Cinnamon Toast Crunch - The New York Times
- Indianmeal moth - Wikipedia