537. Shopping in the Produce Section of a Store Where Someone Has Brought Their Pet Turtle

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks shopping in the produce section of a store where someone has brought their pet turtle.

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

• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Small Turtles | CDC
• Veterinary Sciences | Free Full-Text | A Review of the Public Health Challenges of Salmonella and Turtles
• Salmonella excretion by turtles. - PMC
• Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on the External Packaging of Raw Meat - ScienceDirect
• Prevalence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli on the Surfaces of Raw Poultry Packages - ScienceDirect
• Enumeration of Campylobacter and Salmonella on chicken packs | Emerald Insight
• Incidence of Campylobacter and Salmonella isolated from retail chicken and associated packaging in South Wales | Letters in Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
• Contamination by Meat Juice When Shopping for Packages of Raw Poultry - ScienceDirect

344. Max's Unwashed Basil

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks making pesto from homegrown basil without washing it first.

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

• Full article: Surface decontamination of Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli on sweet basil by ozone microbubbles

332. Unwashed Produce From a Bush Shared With Deer

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating unwashed fresh produce from a bush where deer have been feeding.

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

• Chronic wasting disease may spread via saliva | CIDRAP
• Enteric Bacterial Pathogens with Zoonotic Potential Isolated from Farm-Raised Deer | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) | Prion Diseases | CDC
• Double down Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

329. Dr. Don's Sluggy Arugula

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating leafy greens on which a slug was found.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Angiostrongyliasis (Rat Lungworm) | Disease Outbreak Control Division
• Rat Lungworm Frequently Asked Questions | The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
• Cook’s Market – Rutgers Gardens
• The Occurrence of the Rat Lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, in Nonindigenous Snails in the Gulf of Mexico Region of the United States - PMC
• Slugs: Potential Novel Vectors of Escherichia coli O157 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Invading slugs (Arion vulgaris) can be vectors for Listeria monocytogenes - Gismervik - 2015 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
• Occurrence of Salmonella, Vibro and E. coli in Edible Land Snail in Niger Delta, Nigeria

314. Unrefrigerated Cut Watermelon Over Night

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cut watermelon left unrefrigerated overnight

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Growth of Salmonella spp. in Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew Melons | Journal of Food Protection
• Effect of time before storage and storage temperature on survival of Salmonella inoculated on fresh-cut melons - ScienceDirect
• Survival and Growth of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cantaloupe and Watermelon | Journal of Food Protection
• Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon - ScienceDirect
• Outbreaks Associated with Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew in the United States, 1973–2011 | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease