802. Sealed Jar With Sauce on the Rim and No Pop

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming food from a sealed jar that has dried sauce on the rim and might not have had the safety button down.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Canadian Pronunciation of Pasta Explained | TikTok
• Not Just Creamy Basil Pasta Sauce (Limited Edition) – NotJustCo.
• Fresh Produce & Groceries Ready To Deliver | Misfits Market
• Food Tampering, An Extra Ounce of Caution | FDA
• Button lids
• The Complete Guide to Safety Button Lid Jars: Uses, Benefits, and Best – KimEcopak

800. Linda's Vichyssoise

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming a very old swollen can of soup linked to a company that caused a botulism outbreak in 1971.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Marvin Tung Student Case Competition | CIFST
• Marvin Tung - UBC Library Open Collections
• Spoilage of Canned Foods - Food Microbiology: Principles into Practice - Wiley Online Library
• Tainted Soup Laid to Poor Heating - The New York Times
• Bon Vivant Voluntarily Recalls All Vichyssoise From Dealers - The New York Times
• Botulism Information | County of Monterey, CA

779. Eating Canned Beans From WWII in 2006

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned beans from WWII in 2006 as shown on The Simpsons.

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

• Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Gregory Koch: "Eating canned beans from World War II in 2006, when this episode first aired.... #RiskyOrNot @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Eating 80 year old food Rations! sealed since WW2! What's inside? - YouTube
• We Ate 100-Year-Old Food from Every War! - YouTube
• 643. Drinking an Unknown Liquid Found in a Bottle at Sea — Risky or Not?
• The Canning Process; Old Preservation Technique Goes Modern" by Blumenthal, Dale - FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, Issue 7, September 1990 | Online Research Library: Questia Reader
• Consumer Brands Association - Wikipedia
• Dennis Heldman Obituary - Columbus, OH

552. Tuna From a Can Freshly Dented at Home

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating tuna from a can just dented at home.

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

• The Ultimate Podcasting Hack: Record in your closet and use two pillows | by Saron Yitbarek | Medium
• Double seaming process guide - Industrial Physics
• Is it safe to use food from dented cans?
• Better Process Control School - Consumer Brands Association
• food safety - What do to with cans that you just dented? - Seasoned Advice

547. Overheated Canned and Jarred Foods

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned and jarred foods that were exposed to temperatures over 100°F for several days.

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

• Spoilage of Canned Foods - Food Microbiology: Principles into Practice - Wiley Online Library
• Thermophilic Organisms Involved in Food Spoilage: Thermophilic Anaerobes not Producing Hydrogen Sulfide - PubMed
• Thermophilic Organisms in Food Spoilage: Flat-Sour Aerobes - PubMed
• FSIS Microbiology of Thermally Processed Foods
• Mathematical Models for the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Sodium Chloride on the Growth of Bacillus stearothermophilus in Salty Carrots | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

546. Canned Food From a Fire

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming canned foods from a house where there was a fire.

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

• Fires and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Men At Work - Down Under (Lyrics) - YouTube
• https://Victoria Food Safety After A Fire
• Food Safety After a Fire - Boulder County
• Consumer Tips For Food Safety After Fires - MN Dept. of Health
• What foods are safe if exposed to a fire?
• Fires and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Food Safety Issues After a Fire - Extension
• Food safety after a fire - Better Health Channel
• Keep Food Safe After a Disaster or Emergency | Natural Disasters and Severe Weather | CDC
• ‎SJ Gould Essay Summaries
• Amazon.com: Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History: 9780393307009: Gould, Stephen Jay: Books

345. Keith's Exploding Canned Oranges

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a swollen can of canned oranges several years out of date.

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

• not a bot on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Can from the back of our pantry. Year from best by date is obliterated. Probably 5 yrs out of date. Very swollen can on both ends. Ready to explode. But the real question is: Risky or Not? https://t.co/o4PeJ73QjA" / Twitter
• PHT 321: Causes of spoilage of canned/bottled products
• (not a bot on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Opened the tin (outside), some hissing as the pressure released and the oranges inside were covered with little grey bits of corrosion from the inside of the tin. Smelled ok; I did not taste them. https://t.co/26FUyik61P" / Twitter

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 👍🏼

• Ocean Spray® Jellied Cranberry Sauce | Ocean Spray
• Lyme disease - Wikipedia
• Phytophotodermatitis - Wikipedia
• Cranberries: Best Food for Lyme, an Ulcer, Cancer and Brain | Psychology Today

80. Old canned soup

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating very old canned soup.

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

• (3) John Wyatt on Twitter: "@TorontoStar @parkdalefoodbnk @bugcounter @benjaminchapman - Risky or not?" / Twitter
• ‘I’m just hungry.’ Toronto man vows to eat 14-year-old can of soup in hopes of raising $10,000 for local food bank | The Star
• Donate Now - Parkdale Community Food Bank
• Can infant formula and baby food be used after the date expires?
• Food Product Dating
• Cuff The Duke - Confessions From A Parkdale Basement (Official Audio) - YouTube
• Parkdale Community Food Bank on Instagram: “Hey guys, @liborio_verne here. I am eternally grateful for your support and enthusiasm out of what was essentially a joke. Together, we…”
• Food Safety Talk 196: Superintendent of Judges
• Parkdale, Toronto - Wikipedia