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DALL·E - A close-up image of a woman's clean hands using a vegetable peeler to peel an extremely dirty carrot safely over a kitchen sink, with minimal dirt on her hands

605. Only Washing Your Veggies After Peeling

April 22, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing vegetables after peeling instead of before peeling.

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

  • Quantification of Transfer of Salmonella from Citrus Fruits to Peel, Edible Portion, and Gloved Hands during Hand Peeling - ScienceDirect
  • Role of Salmonella Newport cell surface structures on bacterial attachment and transfer during cucumber peeling | Letters in Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic
  • Enterobacter aerogenes B199A May Be an Effective Surrogate for Quantifying Transfer of Salmonella Newport 96E01152C-TX from Cucumber Peel to Edible Flesh and Peeler during Peeling - ScienceDirect
April 22, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Vegetables, Peeling, Cross-contamination

DALL·E - basil growing out a man's suit with a skull and cross bones sign

567. Growing Vegetables by a Restaurant That Used to Be a Dry Cleaners

January 24, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from vegetables grown near a restaurant that used to be a dry cleaners.

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

  • Dry cleaning - Wikipedia
  • TuscNY - Tuscaloosa - Menu & Hours - Order Delivery
  • Contamination of foodstuff by gases from tetrachloroethene emissions from a dry cleaners- PubMed
  • Perchloroethylene - Chemical Safety Facts


January 24, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Vegetables, Dry cleaners, Perchloroethylene, Toxicology

298. Canadian Airport Toilet Vegetables

May 06, 2022 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating vegetables found in a Canadian airport toilet.

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

  • Mysterious toilet vegetables shock travellers at Toronto's Pearson Airport
  • bury the lede - Wiktionary
  • Found a toilet full of vegetables at Pearson International Airport : mildlyinteresting
May 06, 2022 /Don Schaffner
Canada, Toilet, Airport, Vegetables
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152. Traditional Québécois Acadian Salted Herbs

May 31, 2021 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating traditional Québécois Acadian salted herbs.

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

  • Randal Oulton on Twitter: "Traditional Québécois / Acadian salted herbs
  • Herbes salées vide-jardin | Mordu
  • CooksInfo Food Encyclopaedia - CooksInfo
  • How to make your own sauerkraut | UMN Extension
  • ComBase
  • (32) Greg Davies "Vegetables" - Would I Lie to You? - YouTube
  • Classification of fermented foods: worldwide review of household fermentation techniques - ScienceDirect
  • Effect of temperature, sodium chloride, and pH on growth of Listeria monocytogenes in cabbage juice. | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • New perspectives on the gastrointestinal mode of transmission in invasive Listeria monocytogenes infection - PubMed
May 31, 2021 /Don Schaffner
Vegetables, Salt, Listeria

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