779. Eating Canned Beans From WWII in 2006

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned beans from WWII in 2006 as shown on The Simpsons.

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

• Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• Gregory Koch: "Eating canned beans from World War II in 2006, when this episode first aired.... #RiskyOrNot @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
• Eating 80 year old food Rations! sealed since WW2! What's inside? - YouTube
• We Ate 100-Year-Old Food from Every War! - YouTube
• 643. Drinking an Unknown Liquid Found in a Bottle at Sea — Risky or Not?
• The Canning Process; Old Preservation Technique Goes Modern" by Blumenthal, Dale - FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, Issue 7, September 1990 | Online Research Library: Questia Reader
• Consumer Brands Association - Wikipedia
• Dennis Heldman Obituary - Columbus, OH

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 Out of Date Simpson's Ham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 Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating out of date ham as depicted on the Simpsons.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

625. Eating Expired Baby Carrots

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baby carrots passed their expiration date.

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

• 556. Storing Celery and Carrots in Water in the Refrigerator — Risky or Not?
• 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not?
• Inhibitory effects of raw carrots on Listeria monocytogenes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Inhibition of foodborne pathogens by native microflora recovered from fresh peeled baby carrot and propagated in cultures - PubMed
• ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables - ScienceDirect
• How to Store Carrots and Make Them Last | Glad®
• Grimmway Farms Voluntarily Recalls Certain Retail-Packaged Carrots Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination | FDA

358. Vintage Jello

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating vintage Jello that is decades old.

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

• Jell-O - Wikipedia
• What is Jell-O? How does it turn from a liquid to a solid when it cools? - Scientific American
• Vintage Jello And - Etsy
• 268. Old Outbreak Peanut Butter — Risky or Not?

310. Really Old Green Coffee Beans

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking coffee made from really old coffee beans.

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

• Steve Lister on Twitter: "1930's green coffee beans roasted today? Is @jimseven going to end up in the hospital? @bugcounter @benjaminchapman #riskyornot https://t.co/DOAn7SqQLm" / Twitter
• Drinking Harrods Coffee From the 1930s - YouTube
• Joseph Lister - Wikipedia
• 130. Drinking Civit Poop Coffee — Risky or Not?
• Mycotoxins in Coffee | Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL | Oxford Academic
• Sci-Hub | Mycotoxins in Coffee

256. Sniffing Milk Instead Using Expiration Dates

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sniffing milk instead using expiration dates.

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

• Morrisons scraps use by dates on milk in favour of sniff test | News | The Grocer
• Short communication: Bacterial ecology of high-temperature, short-time pasteurized milk processed in the United States - ScienceDirect
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a cause of infectious diarrhoea - PubMed
• Identification and Pathogenic Potential of Clinical Bacillus and Paenibacillus Isolates - PubMed

100. Yogurt Past Its Best by Date

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating yogurt past its best by date.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
• Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus in Yogurt Fermented with a Bacteriocin-Producing Thermophilic Starter | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press

98. Donated Foods at End of the Day

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from donated foods at end of the day.

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

• Jon Fisher on Twitter: "Paging @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman. Please see this thread. Why is this a thing?" / Twitter
• Walter Chaw 周瑜 on Twitter: "At Starbucks, we were instructed to throw away all the sandwiches/salads/protein plates at the end of the day. No, you can't take them home. No, you can't donate them. Throw them away. We considered it "theft" and you would be fired if you didn't toss them. Multiply by 31,256." / Twitter
• Food Safety Guidelines for Food Banks | Feeding America
• Stew of Sustainability 2020 | Fundraising Video - YouTube

80. Old canned soup

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating very old canned soup.

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

• (3) John Wyatt on Twitter: "@TorontoStar @parkdalefoodbnk @bugcounter @benjaminchapman - Risky or not?" / Twitter
• ‘I’m just hungry.’ Toronto man vows to eat 14-year-old can of soup in hopes of raising $10,000 for local food bank | The Star
• Donate Now - Parkdale Community Food Bank
• Can infant formula and baby food be used after the date expires?
• Food Product Dating
• Cuff The Duke - Confessions From A Parkdale Basement (Official Audio) - YouTube
• Parkdale Community Food Bank on Instagram: “Hey guys, @liborio_verne here. I am eternally grateful for your support and enthusiasm out of what was essentially a joke. Together, we…”
• Food Safety Talk 196: Superintendent of Judges
• Parkdale, Toronto - Wikipedia

66. Eating Old Frozen Fish

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating old frozen fish.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
• Quality in Frozen Food - Marilyn C. Erickson, Yen-Con Hung - Google Books
• How Does the Freezer Burn Our Food? - Schmidt - 2009 - Journal of Food Science Education - Wiley Online Library

21: Five Year Old Candy Canes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating five year old candy canes.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼

Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• (1) Julie Libarkin on Twitter: “I like candy canes as decorations this time of year. I save them - some are probably 5 years old. All in nice plastic. Very important question from someone not raised w candy canes: Can I still eat them? #candy” / Twitter

• Water activity in candy and confectionery | METER

• Moisture and shelf life in sugar confections. - PubMed - NCBI

3: Out of Date Ravioli

Dr. Don and Professor Ben discus the risky posed by consumption of Mushroom Ravioli that is several weeks past it’s use by date.

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

• Mushroom & Creamy Cheese Ravioli - Giovanni Rana
• Psychrotrophic strains of Bacillus cereus producing enterotoxin - van Netten - 1990 - Journal of Applied Bacteriology - Wiley Online Library