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414. Slimy Meat With Holes

February 01, 2023 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat with holes that are slimy.

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

  • Alex on Twitter: "@f*ckedupfoods @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman this is uh... Bad right" / Twitter
  • f*cked up looking food on Twitter: "https://t.co/mI1yRQrNWu" / Twitter
  • Microbiological Spoilage and Contamination of Vacuum-Packaged Cooked Sausages | Journal of Food Protection
  • Sodium Nitrite and Sorbic Acid Effects on Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation in Chicken Frankfurter‐Type Emulsions - Sofos - 1979 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
  • CSIRO Meat Technology Update
February 01, 2023 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Bologna, Clostridium botulinum, Spoilage

375. Eating a Medium Rare Blade Tenderized Steak

November 02, 2022 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a medium rare blade tenderized steak.

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

  • Fate of Shiga Toxin–Producing O157:H7 and Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli Cells within Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks after Cooking on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill† | Journal of Food Protection
  • Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks Cooked on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill†‡ | Journal of Food Protection
  • Inactivation of Shiga toxin-producing O157:H7 and non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in brine-injected, gas-grilled steaks - PubMed
November 02, 2022 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Blade tenderized, E. coli

282. Sage's Steak Cookies

March 30, 2022 by Don Schaffner

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
March 30, 2022 /Don Schaffner
Cookies, Meat
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181. Reusing Marinade

August 06, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing marinade.

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

  • marinade | Partnership for Food Safety Education
  • Ask FSIS: Can you reuse meat marinade?
August 06, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Marinade, Meat
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160. Properly Cooked Outbreak Meat

June 18, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating properly cooked meat linked to a foodborne disease outbreak

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

  • Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Turkey | CDC
  • Investigation Details | Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Turkey | CDC
  • Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures Chart | FoodSafety.gov
  • FSIS Salmonella Compliance Guidelines for Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Establishments that Produce Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Products and Revised Appendix A | Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • USDA FSIS Appendix A
  • Frontiers | Genetic determinants of heat resistance in Escherichia coli | Microbiology
  • Some Like It Hot: Heat Resistance of Escherichia coli in Food
June 18, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Outbreak, Cooking
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148. High Meat

May 21, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of high meat.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • Andrew H on Twitter: "High meat"? Seems extremely risky to me
  • Michael Che Responds To Criticism Over ‘SNL’s Gen Z Hospital Sketch – Deadline
  • ‘How do you do, fellow kids’ has become the ‘how do you do, fellow kids’ of memes - The Verge
  • People are Eating Rotten, Raw Meat to 'Get High' in Dangerous Online Trend
  • my experience with fermented high meat : Paleo
  • Basturma
  • Sujuk - Wikipedia
  • High meat? How? : carnivore
  • FDA Scombrotoxin (Histamine) Formation
May 21, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Fermentation, Temperature, Raw meat
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88. Mail Order Meat

January 01, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from ordering and eating mail order meat.

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

  • David Sinclair on Twitter: "@bugcounter @benjaminchapman Obviously this is not safe, but I’d be curious about your thoughts on mail order meat generally: ☢️ risky or 👍 not?" / Twitter
  • https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/42356/PDF/1/play/
  • Food Safety Challenges in the Modern Food Delivery World by Donald Schaffner – In Defense of Processed Food
  • Online Purveyors of Raw Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Products: Delivery Policies and Available Consumer Food Safety Information
  • Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with nonintact blade-tenderized frozen steaks sold by door-to-door vendors - PubMed
January 01, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Mail order

76. Eating Every Dry Aged Meat

December 04, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating every dry aged meat.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍

Professor Ben - not risky 👍

  • I Dry Aged EVERY Meat, ATE them and this happened! - YouTube
  • Fortunate Son | Do By Friday
  • UMAi Dry Ribeye Striploin Premium Dry Age Bags for Meat | Dry Aging Meat Kit for Refrigerator | Simple at Home Method | Packet Includes 3 UMAi Dry Bags Sized for Ribeye and Striploin Steaks: Home Improvement
  • Survival of Salmonella on cuts of beef carcasses subjected to dry aging - Knudsen - 2011 - Journal of Applied Microbiology - Wiley Online Library
  • Survey of Antimicrobial Effects of Beef Carcass Intervention Treatments in Very Small State‐Inspected Slaughter Plants - Algino - 2007 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
  • 34: Thawing Frozen Fish in Vacuum Packed Bag — Risky or Not?
December 04, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Dry Aging
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36: Sucking the Air Out of a Meat Bag

September 02, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sucking the air out of a meat bag

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

  • Lakeside Refrigerated Services Recalls Beef Products due to Possible E.coli O157:H7 Contamination

  • Food Safety Talk 79: You’re Into Botulism Country (with Merlin Mann) — Food Safety Talk

September 02, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Cross-contamination, Meat
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18: RTE Foods in the Raw Meat Section

July 22, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of grocery stores stocking ready to eat items in the meat section.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

  • Amy Kirby on Twitter: “I’m not a fan of grocery stores stocking ready to eat items, especially those eaten without cooking, in the meat section. They have far too much trust in that little plastic barrier. #badidea #crosscontamination #publichealth #foodsafety @bugcounter @benjaminchapman https://t.co/eqemwUkxYT” / Twitter

  • Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on the External Packaging of Raw Meat | Journal of Food Protection


July 22, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Meat, Ready-to-eat

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