296. Pastor Pinkston's Putrid (?) Pork
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Pastor Pinkston's pork chops. forgotten in the refrigerator for two weeks.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
295. Baked Refrigerated Dough After Five Days in the Refrigerator
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baked refrigerated raw dough after five days in the refrigerator.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
294. Hand Washing Raw Meat Dishes
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of hand washing raw meat dishes when you don't have an automatic dishwasher.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect
- The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect
- doi:10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00510-X | Elsevier Enhanced Reader
- Quantifying the Effect of Hand Wash Duration, Soap Use, Ground Beef Debris, and Drying Methods on the Removal of Enterobacter aerogenes on Hands | Journal of Food Protection
- PURELL® Multi-Surface Disinfectant | 3345-06-INT00
293. Low Volume Lasagna at Olive Garden
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of low volume lasagna (made with beef reused over 11 days) at Olive Garden.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Reply to @nc_704 | with Music original sound - Andrew
- Landon Conover #Vaccinated #EXTREME MASKER on Twitter: "#RiskyorNot @bugcounter @benjaminchapman This seems pretty crazy… #TikTok https://t.co/rTGCvQ77Ox" / Twitter
- Darden Restaurants: A Leader in the Full-Service Restaurant Industry
- Tyndallization - Wikipedia
292. Whole Strawberries at Room Temperature for 24 Hr
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving whole strawberries at room temperature for 24 hr.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Justin on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman #riskyOrNot Feeding my toddler strawberries that were purchased from the grocery store, kept in the fridge for a few days, then left out on the counter at room temperature for 24 hours before finally cutting them up." / Twitter
- Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh and frozen strawberries - ScienceDirect
- PDF of Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh and frozen strawberries by Stephan Flessa, Dawn M. Lusk, and Linda J. Harris
- ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables | Journal of Food Protection
- Growth and Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on Intact Fruit and Vegetable Surfaces During Postharvest Handling: A Systematic Literature Review | Journal of Food Protection
- ComBase
- Food and Foodstuff - pH Values
291. RTE Greens With Dirt in the Package
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating RTE greens with dirt in the package.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- BrightFarms Announces Voluntary Recall Expansion of Packaged Salad Greens Sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan | FDA
- Consumer Complaint Coordinators | FDA
- BrightFarms | Fresh Baby Greens Grown for Locals
- BrightFarms | FAQ: Learn More About Our Products and How We Grow
- Investigation Details | Salmonella Outbreak Linked to BrightFarms Packaged Salad Greens | CDC
290. Yeeting a Real Fish Into a Crowd
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of yeeting a real fish into a crowd.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- yeet Meaning & Origin | Slang by Dictionary.com
- Seattle Kraken - Wikipedia
- Hartford Whalers - Wikipedia
- Three stars (ice hockey) - Wikipedia)
- Andrew Branagan on Twitter: "@SeattleKraken @NHL @benjaminchapman @bugcounter Yeeting a fish into a crowd. Risky or not?" / Twitter
- Nashville Predators Catfish Tradition: Why Fans Throw Catfish on the Ice - Thrillist
- Legend of the Octopus - Wikipedia
- Cornell–Harvard hockey rivalry - Wikipedia
- Inside the Fish-Throwing Tradition at Lynah Rink | The Cornell Daily Sun
289. Last Years Easter Treats at Ben's House
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating last years forgotten Easter treats at Ben's house.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
288. Really Old Soda
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking really old soda.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Joe Ovies on Twitter: "1982 UNC “blue soda” 1983 NC State “red soda” @giglio_OG and I invited the possibility of poisoning by cracking open these ancient artifacts. https://t.co/qubOxCA3iQ" / Twitter
- Food safety expert, UGA professor dishes on safety tips | AccessWDUN.com
- FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
- Is buying soda with an expired date on it dangerous?
287. Rice Used to Dry Out Phone Dropped in Water
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating Rice used to dry out a phone dropped in water.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- bill quoted on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Dropped a phone in a puddle of water and placed it in rice to dry. Risky or not to cook and eat the rice?" / Twitter
- Food Safety Talk 92: So we can't use that rice? — Food Safety Talk
- Flight of the Conchords- Business Time - YouTube
- Semisonic - Closing Time (Official Music Video) - YouTube
286. Eating in a Restaurant Built on a Graveyard
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating in a restaurant built on a graveyard.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- 101 Indian Street Food Dishes to Eat Before You Die - YouTube
- The New Lucky Restaurant – Ahmedabad, India - Gastro Obscura
- The New Lucky Restaurant in India Has Tables Set up Around Graves
- New Lucky Restaurant Ahmedabad Gujarat I Lucky restaurant | Times of India Travel
- Can you have a picnic in a cemetery? Historic American tradition explained
- Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries - Gastro Obscura
- 218. Returning Food Trucks to Use After Holding COVID-19 Bodies — Risky or Not?
- Returning Refrigerated Transport Vehicles and Refrigerated Storage Units to Food Uses After Using Them to Preserve Human Remains During the COVID-19 Pandemic | FDA
285. Bringing Your Own Banana
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a banana split from a "bring your own banana" shop.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
284. Dog Kisses
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from getting kissed by your dog.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Capnocytophaga | CDC
- Man dies after being licked by his dog and contracting rare infection | CNN
- View of Being Licked by a Dog Can Be Fatal: Capnocytophaga canimorsus Sepsis with Purpura Fulminans in an Immunocompetent Man
- Occurrence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium and Enterobacteriaceae in raw meat‐based diets for dogs
283. Infant Formula After a Few Ants Are Removed
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming liquid infant formula after a few ants are removed from the dry powder.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Ants as potential vectors of pathogens in hospitals in the state of sao paulo, brazil | International Journal of Tropical Insect Science | Cambridge Core
- A study on the potential of ants to act as vectors of foodborne pathogens - PMC
- Justin on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman #riskyOrNot feeding a baby a bottle after finding and removing a few ants in the box of formula" / Twitter
- 159. Food, Once a Fly Has Landed on It — Risky or Not?
282. Sage's Steak Cookies
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making cookies with steak chips.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Sage (@SageOlson) / Twitter
- Glazed Burnt End Chocolate Chip Cookies | Beef Loving Texans
- Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella typhimurium during Preparation and Storage of Beef Jerky | Journal of Food Protection
- Brisket Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - Barbecuebible.com
- Home - Texas Cottage Food Law
- From Jam to Jerky: Water Activity and the Science of Preservation
281. Unpasteurized Eggs from Neighbor
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cooked unpasteurized eggs from your neighbor.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
280. Thirty-Three Year Old Baseball Card Gum
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of chewing 33 year old baseball card gum.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Patrick Byrne on Twitter: "@midniteumbrella @Topps Paging @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman. #RiskyOrNot?" / Twitter
- 188. Reused Chewing Gum — Risky or Not?
- The effect of chlorhexidine acetate/xylitol chewing gum on the plaque and gingival indices of elderly occupants in residential homes - Simons - 2001 - Journal of Clinical Periodontology - Wiley Online Library
- Chew on this: No support for facilitating effects of gum on spatial task performance - ScienceDirect
- Omya Recalls Ground Limestone for Salmonella
- 10 Most Valuable 1989 Bowman Baseball Cards - Old Sports Cards
- Chewing gum - Wikipedia
279. Letting a 20 Month Old Try Kombucha
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks letting a 20 month old try kombucha.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Lee Katz 🍞 on Twitter: "@benjaminchapman @bugcounter Oops, 21 months old" / Twitter
- Lee Katz - Atlanta, Georgia, Enteric Diseases Lab, CDC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University | about.me
- Micro binfie podcast on Apple Podcasts
- Unexplained Severe Illness Possibly Associated with Consumption of Kombucha Tea -- Iowa, 1995
- Health-Ade Kombucha | Sprouts Farmers Market
- Understanding and Making Kombucha – Food Smart Colorado
- Kombucha craze
- Understand Kombucha
- Whole Foods, Health-Ade Kombucha Class Action Settlement - Top Class Actions
- Whole Foods Removes Kombucha - Supermarket News
- Understanding and Making Kombucha – Food Smart Colorado
278. Unprocessed, Unrefrigerated Apple Butter
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming unprocessed, unrefrigerated apple butter received as a gift.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
277. Chicken Taco in a Backpack for a Day and a Half
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a chicken taco in a backpack for a day and a half.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- 270. Rice, Chicken, and Lo Mein Leftovers — Risky or Not?
- Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: "@joellabes @PatrickRothfuss #Risky Pico de Gallo is not an antimicrobial!
- Cubano sandwiches with Clostridium perfringens found in Alaska investigation | Food Safety News
- Notes from the Field: Clostridium perfringens Outbreak at a Catered Lunch — Connecticut, September 2016 | MMWR
- Clostridium perfringens Foodborne Outbreak during an Athletic Event in Northern Greece, June 2019
- NC church barbecue cited as link to outbreak that sickened 300 | Fox News
- The Never-Ending Battle Against Sport’s Hidden Foe - The New York Times