782. Mechanically Tenderized Beef, Medium Rare

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating mechanically tenderize steak medium rare. You might want to listen to the end, no really all the way.

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

• Mechanically Tenderized Beef | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• 778. Out of Date Simpson's Ham — Risky or Not?
• Assessment of Risk Communication about Undercooked Hamburgers by Restaurant Servers - PubMed
• Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks Cooked on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill - ScienceDirect
• ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
• Beef Retailers Now Labeling Mechanically Tenderized Beef | Home
• 2010 Food code Issue III 010 attachment
• Consumer Response to Mechanically Tenderized Beef (MTB) and MTB Labels: An Exploratory Focus Group Study - ScienceDirect
• Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Mechanically Tenderized Beef and the Largest Beef Recall in Canada, 2012 - ScienceDirect

And here are two articles that Don found later.

• Findings of the Health Risk Assessment of Escherichia coli 0157 in Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products in Canada
• Comparative Risk Assessment for Intact (Non-Tenderized) and Non-Intact (Tenderized) Beef: Technical Report

772. Reusing Bench Flour

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reusing bench flour.

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

• 214. Having a Romantic Flour Fight — Risky or Not?
• Simple Sourdough Pizza Crust: Step-by-Step Guide | Alexandra's Kitchen
• food safety - What should I do with my leftover bench flour? - Seasoned Advice

756. Apples Bitten by Stink Bugs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating an apple bitten by stink bugs.

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

• Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?
• Dark, dented spots on apple?
• Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Fresh-Cut Apple Tissue and Its Potential for Transmission by Fruit Flies | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• 707. Eating Fruit That’s Been Bitten by a Bat — Risky or Not?
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug | US EPA

616. Thawing and Refreezing Meat Multiple Times

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of thawing and refreezing meat multiple times.

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

• What does Chronically Online mean? | Social Media Glossary by Keyhole
• List of diss tracks - Wikipedia
• The Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake Beef, Explained - The New York Times
• From east to west, ‘Canada’s Ultimate Challenge’ travels to hidden gems across the country - NOW Toronto
• 233. 100 Hour Lasagna — Risky or Not?
• Safely defrosting foods - Canada.ca
• Food safety and you - Canada.ca
• The Big Thaw — Safe Defrosting Methods | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Validation of Mathematical Models for Salmonella Growth in Raw Ground Beef under Dynamic Temperature Conditions Representing Loss of Refrigeration - ScienceDirect
• The Food Professor on X: "This was shared with me; it was seen in a grocery store in Ottawa. Have you ever seen a sign like this before? https://t.co/3opruzF6xj" / X
• 8 Mile - Ending Battles (4K/UHD) - YouTube

602. Hamburger Made With a Bun Touching Raw Meat

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a burger made with the bun touching the raw meat during cooking.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• A Burger Scholar recreates the original White Castle slider 🤯 - YouTube
• Our History - White Castle
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• Beastie Boys – Get It Together Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Beastie Boys – Slow and Low Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Beastie Boys' 'Licensed to Ill': White Castle VP Discusses Album on 30th Anniversary | Billboard

587. Homemade Jerky From Facebook Marketplace

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating homemade beef jerky from facebook marketplace.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Marketplace - Beef jerky | Facebook
• Jerky and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• FSIS Compliance Guideline for Meat and Poultry Jerky Produced by Small and Very Small Establishments | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Jersey Mike's Subs - Menu
• Fate of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Species in Ground Beef Jerky - ScienceDirect
• Home-Style Beef Jerky: Effect of Four Preparation Methods on Consumer Acceptability and Pathogen Inactivation - ScienceDirect
• About Uncle Mike's | Uncle Mike's
• The Naughty Nineties | Who’s on First? — Abbott and Costello - YouTube
• Marketplace - Apple Mac Pro (Late 2013)-$500(Wake Forest, Raleigh) | Facebook

586. Jane's Raw Ground Beef in the Deli Station

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing raw ground beef in a deli preparation station near ready-to-eat foods.

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

• FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products That Tested Positive for E. Coli O157:H7 | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Sampling Verification Activities for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli (STEC) in Raw Beef Products - Revision 6 | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Management of Risk of Microbial Cross-Contamination from Uncooked Frozen Hamburgers by Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer - ScienceDirect
• Public Health Effects of Performance Standards for Ground Beef and Beef Manufacturing Trimmings

575. Ice Stored Under Factory Packaged Frozen Raw Ground Beef

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming ice stored under factory package frozen raw ground beef.

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

• 80% Lean Ground Beef | ALDI US
• Thermal Expansion and Density | EARTH 111: Water: Science and Society
• Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on the External Packaging of Raw Meat - ScienceDirect