168. Feeding Agave Syrup to Infants

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of infant botulism from feeding agave syrup to infants.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Clostridium botulinum Spores in Infant Foods: A Survey | Journal of Food Protection
• Clostridium Botulinum in Honey, Syrups and Dry Infant Cereals | Journal of Food Protection
• Infantile Botulism in a 2-Month-Old Female
• Prevention | Botulism | CDC
• Welcome to the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program
• Agave nectar, placebo both perceived better than doing nothing for cough in kids -- ScienceDaily

167. Backyard Lettuce for a Pregnant Woman

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a pregnant woman from eating lettuce grown in the backyard at the tail end of a wild bird salmonellosis outbreak.

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

• Salmonellosis Outbreak — Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
• Lettuce, Other Leafy Greens, and Food Safety | Food Safety | CDC
• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Wild Songbirds | CDC
• Food Safety in Community Gardens | NC State Extension

166. All Day Room Temperature Yogurt

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving a sealed container of yogurt out at room temperature all day.

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

• An outbreak of foodborne botulism associated with contaminated hazelnut yoghurt.
• Fruit on the Bottom Greek Yogurt | Mango Cup | Chobani®
• Fred Rogers: Look for the Helpers - YouTube

165. NC State Hollandaise Sauce

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of preparing hollandaise sauce using advice from an NC State website.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Egg-cellent Hollandaise Sauce in a Blender | Homegrown | NC State University
• Easy Egg Recipes - NC Egg Association
• Outbreak of 'Salmonella' Typhimurium 44 Related to Egg Consumption | Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report
• Whole-genome sequencing to investigate two concurrent outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis in South Africa, 2018 | Microbiology Society
• Salmonella enteritidis Gastroenteritis Transmitted by Intact Chicken Eggs | Annals of Internal Medicine
• The Safe Way to Enjoy Eggnog This Winter | Homegrown | NC State University

164. Using a Poultry Stone

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a poultry stone to cook poultry.

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

• Turkey Stone
• Chris, Paranormal Attorney at Law on Twitter

163. Corn and Peas Microwaved for 90 Seconds

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating frozen corn and peas microwaved for only 90 seconds.

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

• Heat Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes in Vegetables: Evaluation of Blanching Processes | Journal of Food Protection
• Thermal Inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella during Water and Steam Blanching of Vegetables | Journal of Food Protection
• Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited—Incorporating Adjustments for Variability in Strain Virulence and Host Susceptibility - Pouillot* - 2015 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library
• An Assessment of Listeriosis Risk Associated with a Contaminated Production Lot of Frozen Vegetables Consumed under Alternative Consumer Handling Scenarios - PubMed

162. Roasted Grilled Veggies Left Out Overnight

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating roasted grilled veggies left out overnight

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Ben's 7-11 diet, sort of
• Appendix E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library
• ComBase

161. Cooler Cooked Corn

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of corn cooked by pouring boiling water into a plastic cooler.

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

• People are cooking corn for a crowd in their coolers — but is it safe?
• New York Campus | Institute of Culinary Education | Cooking School
• Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk
• Hannah (@okieokra) / Twitter

160. Properly Cooked Outbreak Meat

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly cooked meat linked to a foodborne disease outbreak

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

• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Turkey | CDC
• Investigation Details | Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Turkey | CDC
• Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures Chart | FoodSafety.gov
• 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
• USDA FSIS Appendix A
• Frontiers | Genetic determinants of heat resistance in Escherichia coli | Microbiology
• Some Like It Hot: Heat Resistance of Escherichia coli in Food

159. Food, Once a Fly Has Landed on It

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Food after a fly has landed on it.

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

• Should I throw away food once a fly has landed on it?
• Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Fresh-Cut Apple Tissue and Its Potential for Transmission by Fruit Flies
• Wild Florida House Flies (Musca domestica) as Carriers of Pathogenic Bacteria
• Fly Transmission of Campylobacter
• Quantitative Analysis of Houseflies-mediated Food Contamination with Bacteria

158. Dented Aluminum Cans

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating food from dented cans.

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

• A Finished Double Seam - Double Seam Troubleshooting Guide
• Classification of Visible Can Defects Poster
• Shelf-Stable Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Surplus, Salvaged, and Donated Foods | FDA
• Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism Associated with Food Sold at a Salvage Store in Texas | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• National Outbreak of Type A Foodborne Botulism Associated With a Widely Distributed Commercially Canned Hot Dog Chili Sauce
• Botulism Associated with Commercially Canned Chili Sauce --- Texas and Indiana, July 2007

157. Leftover Pizza

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leftover pizza refrigerated for 1 week.

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

• National Pizza Week
• Potential growth of Listeria monocytogenes in Italian mozzarella cheese as affected by microbiological and chemical-physical environment - ScienceDirect
• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov

156. Trunk Pizza

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving meat pizza in the trunk of your car for an entire hockey game.

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

• 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs | Carolina Hurricanes
• How Long Does a Game of Ice Hockey Last?
• Longest NHL Games in the Post-Expansion Era
• Parameters for Determining Inoculated Pack/Challenge Study Protocols†,‡ | Journal of Food Protection

155. Lava Pizza

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking pizza on lava.

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

• Mike Batz on Twitter: "My first thought was that lava smoke must have some nasty crap in it...
• Viewing Lava Safely-Common Sense is Not Enough, Volcano Fact Sheet
• Here's How To Actually Cook Food Over Lava
• Volcanic gases can be harmful to health, vegetation and infrastructure
• Roasting hotdogs over an open … volcano; scientists test their culinary skills in Iceland | KXAN Austin

154. Michael Scott Bacon Method

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Michael Scott's bacon method.

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

• Luke Anders on Twitter: Michael Scott’s wake-up-to-bacon routine
• Michael Scott: I like Waking Up to the Smell of Bacon, Sue Me(The Office) - YouTube
• Evaluating Microbial Safety of Slow Partial-Cooking Processes for Bacon: Use of a Predictive Tool Based on Small-Scale Isothermal Meat Inoculation Studies
• George Foreman Cooking | Shop Indoor Electric Grills & Accessories | George Foreman

153. Drinking From the Stanley Cup, COVID Edition

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking from the Stanley Cup, (COVID Edition).

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

• Jonathan Coulton - First of May - ASL Song - YouTube
• Drinking from the Stanley Cup - YouTube
• Joe Nieuwendyk - Wikipedia
• Glenwood Pines
• Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments | CDC
• CDC COVID Data Tracker
• NHL modifies COVID-19 protocols for fully vaccinated during playoffs
• Could The Stanley Cup Spread Disease? | NC State News
• McNulty Eh GIF

152. Traditional Québécois Acadian Salted Herbs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating traditional Québécois Acadian salted herbs.

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

• Randal Oulton on Twitter: "Traditional Québécois / Acadian salted herbs
• Herbes salées vide-jardin | Mordu
• CooksInfo Food Encyclopaedia - CooksInfo
• How to make your own sauerkraut | UMN Extension
• ComBase
• (32) Greg Davies "Vegetables" - Would I Lie to You? - YouTube
• Classification of fermented foods: worldwide review of household fermentation techniques - ScienceDirect
• Effect of temperature, sodium chloride, and pH on growth of Listeria monocytogenes in cabbage juice. | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• New perspectives on the gastrointestinal mode of transmission in invasive Listeria monocytogenes infection - PubMed

151. Burger Cooking Robot

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking burgers with a robot.

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

• Undercooked fast food burgers are toast with robot AI | ZDNet
• McDonald’s USA: A Golden Arch of Supply Chain Food Safety
• Clamshell Grill Model 38
• Miso Robotics scores some cheddar for its burger-flipping robot | ZDNet
• Food Establishments With Robotic Operations, Council I, 2016 Scribe Packet, Conference for Food Protection

150. Canned BLT Sandwich

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of canning a BLT sandwich.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Mike Batz on Twitter: "Canned BLT sandwich...""
• Utah State: Canning Bread or Cake is Unsafe!
• Growth of Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 in Home-Style Canned Quick Breads | Journal of Food Protection
• Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Official Video) - YouTube

149. Blazen's Post Workout Meal

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of twitter user Blazen's post workout raw food meal.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Blazen on Twitter: Post workout meal
• @BlazenBrady