178. Old Sprouted Potatoes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating old sprouted potatoes.

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

• Are Sprouted Potatoes Safe?
• Potato glycoalkaloids and adverse effects in humans: an ascending dose study - ScienceDirect
• Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
• Is It Safe to Eat a Potato That Has Sprouted? | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
• Potatoes . . . when to toss? • AnswerLine • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

177. Porch Eggs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating eggs cooked on your porch using only the heat of the sun.

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

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@mrssoup @benjaminchapman Based only on the appearance of the egg I’m gonna say #NotRisky" / Twitter
• Cooking eggs in Oregon right now
• Portland sets all-time record high temperature | KOIN.com
• Why Do Egg Whites Turn White When You Cook Them? | NC State News

176. Beer Brewed With Hockey Ice

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking beer brewed with hockey ice.

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

• Coors Light is making the first beer made with the actual ice the Stanley Cup Final was played on
• A KISS Comic Was Inked With The Band's BLOOD (Seriously)
• I Like Beer by Tom T Hall - YouTube
• Here’s Brett Kavanaugh Mentioning Beer During His Senate Hearing - YouTube
• 10 Gross Things People Used To Make Craft Beer - Oddee
• Zamboni (song) - Wikipedia)
• Mycotoxins in artisanal beers

175. Drinking From the Bathroom Tub

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking from the bathroom tub.

Dr. Don - nicht riskant 👍🏼
Professor Ben - riskant ☣️

• Impact of prescribed cleaning and disinfectant use on microbial contamination in the home - Medrano‐Félix - 2011 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Microbiological Hazards of Household Toilets: Droplet Production and the Fate of Residual Organisms | Applied Microbiology
• Toilet hygiene—review and research needs - Abney - - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP

174. Roasted Tomatoes in Oil

Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of roasted tomatoes in oil.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• National Center for Home Food Preservation
• National Center for Home Food Preservation | Seasonal Tips
• Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11
• An Outbreak of Foodborne Botulism in Ontario
• Inherent Variability in the Efficacy of the USDA Raw‐Pack Process for Home‐Canned Tomatoes - MONTVILLE - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Horticulturae | Free Full-Text | Cherry Tomato Drying: Sun versus Convective Oven

173. Baked Sweet Potatoes Left at Room Temperature for 18 Hours

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of baked sweet potatoes left at room temperature for 18 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• What Is The Difference Between A Sweetpotato And A Yam? | North Carolina SweetPotatoes
• FN Planned - Overs - The Food Nanny
• ‎Baked Potatoes and Foodborne Botulism
• The Pot Roast Principle | Psychology Today
• 162. Roasted Grilled Veggies Left Out Overnight — Risky or Not?
• Food Research Institute, UW-Madison
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Surface Abrasions
• Vegetables English - UC Postharvest Technology Center

172. Dunkaroos Dough Left in the Car and Baked

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Dunkaroos dough left in the car and baked

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

• Underoos
• Dunkaroos | Your Favorite 90s Nostalgic Snack is Back! | Pre-Order Now
• Funfetti Birthday Cake Pudding Shots – Unsophisticook
• Pin on Shot Recipes
• Homemade Dunkaroos Recipe by Tasty
• CA2074275C - Low water activity refrigerated cookie dough - Google Patents
• Dunkaroos Cookie Dough Is Officially Out In Stores
• Top Four
• Top Four - Relay FM
• Pillsbury reformulates cookie dough to be safely eaten raw | Food Dive
• The Safe Way to Enjoy Eggnog This Winter | Homegrown | NC State University

171. Fourteen Month Old Apple

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating an apple left on a desk for 14 months during the pandemic.

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

170. Using Hand Sanitizer to Prevent the Spread of Norovirus

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using hand sanitizer to prevent the spread of norovirus.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Improved Inactivation of Nonenveloped Enteric Viruses and Their Surrogates by a Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• GOJO Industries Inc - 599132 - 01/17/2020 | FDA
• FSIC says handwashing is best way to mitigate gastro risks | Food Safety News
• Effectiveness of Liquid Soap and Hand Sanitizer against Norwalk Virus on Contaminated Hands | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• PURELL® VF481™ Hand Sanitizer Gel - DISCONTINUED | 5496-04
• Bathroom-stored grocery bag fingered in norovirus outbreak | CIDRAP

169. Steeping Food in Seawater

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking seafood by stepping in seawater.

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

• ★metal★matt★ on Twitter: Steeping your seafood in ocean water
• $> whois mrhanlon
• The Secret to Foolproof Seafood? Steep It, Don’t Cook It | Bon Appétit
• Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures Chart | FoodSafety.gov
• Close to Metal - Wikipedia
• Information for Travelers | Cryptosporidium | Parasites | CDC
• Protozoa: Cryptosporidium spp. - ScienceDirect

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