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DALL·E - A big block of cheddar cheese without any holes, sitting in a tightly sealed vacuum packager. The cheese looks slightly warm and sweaty...

644. Vacuum Packed Cheddar at Room Temperature for 24 hours

July 22, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vacuum packaged cheddar cheese stored for 24 hours at room temperature.

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

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  • CDPH Testing Confirms Botulism Linked to Nacho Cheese Sauce
  • Consensus categorization of cheese based on water activity and pH—A rational approach to systemizing cheese diversity - ScienceDirect
  • Evaluation of Factors Involved in Antibotulinal Properties of Pasteurized Process Cheese Spreads - ScienceDirect
  • Inhibition of Clostridium botulinum in Model Reduced-Sodium Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Products - ScienceDirect
  • Growth of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in Process Cheese Products: II. Predictive Modeling - ScienceDirect
  • Growth of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Staphylococcus aureus on Cheese during Extended Storage at 25°C
  • Nacho cheese botulism kills 1 person and puts 9 in the hospital | CNN
  • Designating certain cheeses non-time/temperature control for safety foods | Council III | 2014 Scribe Packet | Conference for Food Protection
  • Foodborne botulism: A brief review of cases transmitted by cheese products (Review) - PubMed
July 22, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Cheese, Vacuum packaging, Botulism
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141. Vacuum Packaged Pizza In The Mail

May 05, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending vacuum packaged pizza in the mail.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️

Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • Chris Waldrop on Twitter
  • Colgate University Mailed Students Pizza. Food Safety Experts Weigh in
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  • Food Safety Talk 58: Where's my wallet? — Food Safety Talk
  • Colgate-Palmolive – Global Household & Consumer Products
May 05, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Pizza, Vacuum packaging
frozen fish.jpg

34: Thawing Frozen Fish in Vacuum Packed Bag

August 28, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of thawing frozen fish in vacuum packed bag

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • NACMCF report on MAP fishery products

  • Conservative Prediction of Time to Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation for Use with Time-Temperature Indicators To Ensure the Safety of Foods | Journal of Food Protection | Allen Press

  • Consumer home refrigeration practices: results of a web-based survey - PubMed


August 28, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Botulism, Fish, Thawing, Vacuum packaging

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