852. Prosciutto Di Parma at Room Temperature for Months

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating hand sliced Prosciutto ham stored at room temperature for months.

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

• Prosciutto - Wikipedia
• Prosciutto Di Parma Specifications
• Influence of Water Activity on Growth and Enterotoxin Formation by Staphylococcus aureus in Foods - Troller- 1975 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Modeling the Effect of Water Activity, pH, and Temperature on the Probability of Enterotoxin A Production by Staphylococcus aureus - ScienceDirect
• Combined Effect of Water Activity, pH and Sub‐optimal Temperature on Growth and Enterotoxin Production of Staphylococcus aureus - Notermans - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Staphylococcus aureus survival, staphylococcal enterotoxin production and shelf stability of country-cured hams manufactured under different processing procedures - ScienceDirect
• Imported food risk statement - Uncooked slow dry cured ready-to-eat ham and staphylococcal enterotoxin
• Validation of Dry Cured Ham Process for Control of Pathogens - Reynolds - 2001 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• 13th ICPMF
• The Cure - Pictures Of You - YouTube
• Ben Folds Five - Battle Of Who Could Care Less (Official Video) - YouTube
• Ben Folds Five - Wikipedia

778. Out of Date Simpson's Ham

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating out of date ham as depicted on the Simpsons.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Arc - Robot or Not? #310 - The Incomparable
• Gregory Koch: "This episode aired on February 10, 1994, so assuming that's the date this is set .... Eating processed ham that expired five years ago - #RiskyOrNot? @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Amazon.com: North Carolina Mountain Cured Country Ham Trimmings 5-4 Oz. Packs : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Hams and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service