856. Feeding Sealed Byheart Baby Formula to a Baby

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of feeding recalled sealed Byheart baby formula to a baby.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• ByHeart recalls organic baby formula amid infant botulism outbreak | AP News
• Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 | Botulism | CDC
• Seven-Year Case-Control Study in California of Risk Factors for Infant Botulism - ScienceDirect
• Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic region in the United States, 2000–2019, including association with soil types | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Tyndallization - Wikipedia
• Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA

315. Continuing to Eat a Jar of Recalled Jif Peanutbutter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of continuing to eat from a jar of recalled Jif peanutbutter.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Food Safety Talk 263: Faraday Cage For The Voice — Food Safety Talk
• Michelle Jewell on Twitter: "Ok a serious #riskyornot for @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman: If I have one of the recalled jiff jars, but I've already eaten 75% of it, can I keep it? https://t.co/Ic01PsZUgg https://t.co/wV2dd38AFX" / Twitter
• The J. M. Smucker Co. Issues Voluntary Recall of Select Jif® Products Sold in the U.S. for Potential Salmonella Contamination | FDA
• Prevalence and Level of Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream Linked to a Listeriosis Outbreak in the United States | Journal of Food Protection
• Dose–response modeling of Salmonella using outbreak data - ScienceDirect
• Actual distribution of Cronobacter spp. in industrial batches of powdered infant formula and consequences for performance of sampling strategies - ScienceDirect
• Urban Dictionary: Sharkology

187. Recalled Listeria Muffins

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating muffins recalled due to environmental contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

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

• Veronica on Twitter: even MUFFINS are risky?!
• Muffins Sold At Evanston Sam's Club Recalled Due To Listeria | Evanston, IL Patch
• Give and Go Prepared Foods (U.S.A.) Corp. Conducts Voluntary Recall of Certain Muffin Products Due to Possible Health Risk | FDA
• Give and Go Prepared Foods photos
• Food Safety Talk 242: Invisible Poop Particles
• Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited

12: Composting Recalled Lettuce

Dr. Don and Professor Ben discuss the risks of backyard composting lettuce that was recalled for pathogenic E. coli.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Group requests Salinas romaine be composted, not trashed | Packer
• (3) Claire Zoellner on Twitter: "Was wondering about this after listening to the last #FoodSafetyTalk on composting. Risks of consumer backyard composting and industrial composting of recalled products? @bugcounter @benjaminchapman https://t.co/oahwfSkQsE" / Twitter
• Importance of Soil Amendments: Survival of Bacterial Pathogens in Manure and Compost Used as... - Abstract - Europe PMC