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

410. Chris's "Loosey-Goosey" Cured Bacon

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making bacon using Chris’s “loosey-goosey” method for adding nitrite.

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

• https://meatsci.osu.edu/sites/meatsci/files/imce/BorchertCassensNitriteHazard1998.pdf
• WHO report says eating processed meat is carcinogenic: Understanding the findings | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

227. Open Turkey Bacon a Few Weeks After It's Best by Date

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating from an open turkey bacon package a few weeks after it's best by date.

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

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Butterball Bacon Style Turkey | Walmart Canada
• ComBase