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Food Safety Talk

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapmanwww.foodsafetytalk.com

Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.

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Episodes

Food Safety Talk 176: Bug Book

* [The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 243, With Special Guest Rich Mogull](https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2019/02/15/ep-243) * [Alexa, STOP! | Do By Friday](http://dobyfriday.com/95) * [The Tunnel (TV Series 2013–2018) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2711738/) * [Schitt's Creek - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt%27s_Creek) * [Creature Comforts Brewing Co.](http://www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com/) * [R.E.M. Athens Itinerary](https://www.visitathensga.com/blog/post/rem-athens-itinerary/...

Feb 21, 20191 hr 57 minEp. 176

Food Safety Talk 175: Dodransbicentennial

Don and Ben talk about UK author Nick Hornby (not to be confused with the non-Canadian Bruce Hornsby). Before they get into food safety stuff the discussion goes to the origins of hip-hop, the Beastie Boys book and Ben Folds. Don’s ongoing bit of talking about British TV comes up and then the guys discuss recent food safety talks they’ve given and Ben’s upcoming bridge tour of Athens, GA. The real food safety starts with a conversation on a Fox News host’s handwashing habits and top 10 lists of ...

Feb 15, 20191 hr 56 min

Food Safety Talk 174: No Borscht Collusion

The show starts with a discussion of Ben’s vocals fry, which leads to an interesting digression regarding fried fish. Ben follows up with a discussion about emptying his inbox and what sparks joy. This leads to a semi-deep dive on productivity before a short segment on television recommendations. Food safety talk begins with discussion about flour safety, which moves on to a viral video on leftover pasta safety tied to food poisoning incident from more than a decade ago. There is a discussion ab...

Jan 30, 20191 hr 56 minEp. 174

Food Safety Talk 173: Paper Towel Tongues

MS-13 - Wikipedia Bacteriophage MS2 - Wikipedia The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (9781594205149): Deborah Blum: Books Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America: Seth Abramson Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) The Fifth Risk: Michael Lewis The Americans (2013 TV series) - Wikipedia DCI Banks - Wikipedia Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) International Association for Food Protection https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/do...

Jan 15, 20191 hr 55 min

Food Safety Talk 172: Math is Hard

Part two of the holiday extravaganza was recorded the day after Christmas. The show opens with Ben providing an update on his NC State Kitchen installation while Don imagine’s 1980’s music videos. The rest of the show covers the listener feedback left over from the last episode and finishes with brief critique of ESPN’s stadium food safety story.

Dec 28, 20182 hr 9 min

Food Safety Talk 171: 350 Million Caesars

O Canada - Wikipedia Caesar (cocktail) - Wikipedia If Eggnog Has Eggs in it, Why Is it Safe to Drink? NC State University Antimicrobial effects of wine: separating the role of polyphenols, pH, ethanol, and other wine components. Homemade Eggnog: Make it Safely, FoodSafety.gov FACT CHECK: Did President Donald Trump Overturn Farm Water Regulations, Causing an E. Coli Outbreak? Human Tooth Found In A Food Blender Sparks Grisly Murder Investigation Eating Brains: Cannibal Tribe Evolved Resistance to...

Dec 25, 20181 hr 31 min

Food Safety Talk 169: Panel of Plonkers

Show notes so you can follow along at home. Little Boy and Fat Man | Atomic Heritage Foundation Patriot (TV series) - Wikipedia Letterkenny (TV series) - Wikipedia Beastie Boys Book - Kindle edition by Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz Amazon.com: Becoming eBook: Michelle Obama Bang (TV series) - Wikipedia Did You Just Eat That? | W. W. Norton & Company Did You Just Eat That? Amazon.com About David Lloyd Tour Dates | The Avett Brothers May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers - Watch the H...

Nov 15, 20181 hr 48 min

Food Safety Talk 168: Washed Up in Big Soap

The show opens with a brief tutorial on Wi-Fi signals and how to block them. The show quickly turns to hockey, Don's recent appearance on another podcast, before getting in to food safety quickly with a report from Deep Albany, and effective ways to prevent cross-contamination in sandwich shops. The guys reflect on some of the food safety greats they've met in the past, before Ben provides his regular segment on Canadian cuisine. Don talks a little bit about a great idea for a food safety tool h...

Nov 02, 2018

Food Safety Talk 167: Will There Be Ninjas?

Show notes so you can follow along at home: Drake (musician) - Wikipedia Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia Vincent Massey - Wikipedia Brussels sprout - Wikipedia Columbus Day - Wikipedia Massey Ferguson | Tractors and Farm Equipment The Hatch Act of 1887 (Multistate Research Fund) | National Institute of Food and Agriculture https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/bf3f01a1-a0b7-4902-a2df-a87c73d1b633/Salmonella-Compliance-Guideline-SVSP-RTE-Appendix-A.pdf?MOD=AJPERES Fate of Salmonella Inocula...

Oct 26, 20181 hr 49 min

Food Safety Talk 166: Surprising lack of cannibalism questions

Don and Ben traveled to SUNY Geneseo for a live version of the podcast sponsored by the Center for Integrative Learning, and hosted by the amazing Beth McCoy. The episode title comes from an unrecorded after dark which may or may not have taken place in a bar in Geneseo.

Oct 15, 20181 hr 21 min

Food Safety Talk 165: Vladimir Poutine

ATP Ending Theme (Song A Day #1546) - YouTube what3words | Addressing the world The Good News Podcast PNC Presents Wide Open Bluegrass 2018 Federico Viticci on iOS 12: The MacStories Review The Tournament (TV series) - Wikipedia Jack Taylor (TV series) - Wikipedia Poutine - Wikipedia Quebec Food Protection Association: AQIA Microbiologist Expert | Michael Brodsky A Hoser in North Carolina | barfblog World Equestrian Games food truck vendor claims drinking water unsafe A National Outbreak of Salm...

Oct 03, 20181 hr 42 min

Food Safety Talk 164: 99 Problems, but Power Ain't One

The show opens with a deep dive on Ben's adventures before during and after hurricane Florence. From there the guys proceed through listener feedback talking about cured meats, dried food debris, microbiological quality of money, revisiting Ben's recent experience with human subjects, revisiting how to learn more about the organism that may have made you sick, pasteurizing eggs, exclusion of ill workers, thermometer calibration, and food out of temperature control. The show ends with discussion ...

Sep 17, 20181 hr 52 minEp. 164

Food Safety Talk 163: Grown on Chia Pets

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - IMDb Ghostbusters (1984) - IMDb Peameal bacon - Wikipedia William Davies Company - Wikipedia Energy Balls with Medjool Dates International outbreak of multiple Salmonella serotype infections linked to sprouted chia seed powder - USA and Canada, 2013-2014. - PubMed - NCBI PulseNet Reports of Salmonella Outbreak Investigations from 2018, CDC Tuskegee syphilis experiment - Wikipedia Tuskegee Airmen - Wikipedia Institutional review board - Wikipedia Roderick on the ...

Sep 07, 20181 hr 51 min

Food Safety Talk 162: FST Bolo Ties

The show opens with a bit of discussion about other podcasts, but quickly moves to the main subject at hand, a study published on the increased isopropanol tolerance of certain bacteria found in hospitals. The guys weigh in on the strengths and weaknesses of the study, with some help via listener feedback. The next topic is Chipotle's recent problem with Clostridium perfringens in their beans. The guys introduce a new segment on Canadian foods, before moving to listener feedback on fermented foo...

Aug 20, 20181 hr 58 minEp. 162

Food Safety Talk 161: Two shows for the price of one

The episode starts with a discussion on food safety media coverage, Chipotle and fish-related worms (anisakiasis and cod worms). Don and Ben then talk New Jersey, Thor, British scandals and get into a lengthy segment on how cockroaches, flies and other critters can impact the risk of foodborne illness. The guys then get into a bunch of listener feedback on lava rock and Clostridium botulinum control in canned beverages. The conversation goes to Toxoplasma and entrepreneurialism and Mongolian sty...

Aug 08, 20182 hr 11 min

Food Safety Talk 160: The Bounds of Credulity

The guys open the show by calling each other at the same exact time, and after some podcast and productivity life hack talk, the conversation turns to recycled news, Betteridge headlines, and foodborne disease trends. Don then asks Ben for advice on talking to reporters about rodents in bottles. Listener feedback and followup covers raw pet food risk, flour heating validation, leftover storage and safety, water container hygiene, rotisserie chicken handling, tong and spatula reuse redux. The sho...

Jul 23, 2018

Food Safety Talk 159: Hot Tongs

The Tavernacle Social Club - Utah’s Premiere Dueling Piano Bar! William Shatner’s musical career - Wikipedia Black Sabbath - “War Pigs” Live Paris 1970 - YouTube Sheryl Crow - Everyday Is A Winding Road - YouTube International Association for Food Protection IAFP Parkin info.pdf Conference for Food Protection BTG Wine Bar - Wine • Cocktails • Beer Judge John Hodgman Episode 371: Into the Teal | Maximum Fun Thermapen® Mk4 Thermometer from ThermoWorks COMARK PDT300 Reduced-Tip Waterproof Digital P...

Jul 12, 20181 hr 28 min

Food Safety Talk 158: Sullied in This Way

This episode is full of rapid fire listener feedback and questions. Topics include school "share tables", shelf life of homemade nut milks, product tampering, the need to wash oranges, the safety of re-usable salt blocks for serving foods, double dipping risks, food expirations dates, and home fermentation food safety. For those attending IAFP, the guys will record an episode on Wednesday, Jul 11th, 2018 at 10:30 AM local time in room 151A of the convention center. If you will be in SLC, but can...

Jul 05, 2018

Food Safety Talk 157: 1000 Jars of Jam (Live from MSU)

The audio is a bit raw on this one, preserved for the diehard listeners. Show notes so you can follow along at home: Mbandaka - Wikipedia Outbreaks > FDA Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka Infections Likely Linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal Malt-O-Meal Salmonella Agona – Twice from same Plant a Decade Apart Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Blue Bell Creameries Products| Listeria | CDC Food Safety Talk 150: Rambunctious Ramble in the Jungle — Food Safety...

Jun 28, 201857 min

Food Safety Talk 156: Rank the Kato's

The show opens with a discussion of the new videogame Fortnight that Ben's kids are obsessed with. The guys briefly comment on a recent Do By Friday episode before talking about their recent travels. Since Ben was recently in Washington, he can't avoid talking about hockey and the Stanley Cup. The food safety talk begins in earnest when the guys talk about the sad and untimely death of chef Anthony Bourdain. The guys reminisce about him before shamelessly plugging their upcoming live podcast at ...

Jun 16, 2018

Food Safety Talk 155: Diamond Dave

The episode starts with a discussion on old TV shows that the guys should be or have watched. Ben and Don talk about food pantries and frozen chicken items that look cooked but are raw. The guys then chat cookie food safety, insurance policies, traceability and blockchain in Romaine. The conversation goes to a Twitter exchange started by FDA commissioner Scott Gotlieb that Don joined that got to J. Kenji Alt-Lopez (and back to Don) that ended with the grind-your-own-beef-is safer question. The e...

Jun 05, 20181 hr 50 min

Food Safety Talk 154: Poop Finger Quote

Today's show opens with some quick hockey talk and then moves to a discussion of podcasting (and teleconferencing) gear. A brief segue into pop-culture is followed by a deep dive into how to develop science-based advise to consumers. The safety of bed-side water, the ongoing romaine outbreak, and Listeria in mashed potatoes round out the food safety news. Listener feedback and a promo for the upcoming live podcast at MSU end the show.

May 24, 20181 hr 28 minEp. 154

Food Safety Talk 153: While They Are Poopin'

Don and Ben talk about human pathogens in produce and trying to define baseline for prevalence (which is complicated, and it depends). The conversation then goes to a discussion on Don's appearance on Do By Friday and where podcasts fit into extension and outreach. The show ends on some listener feedback and the guys trying to figure out the history of consumer-focused storage time/temperature guidance. Show notes so you can follow along at home: Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food Establishme...

May 09, 20182 hr 6 min

Food Safety Talk 152: One Hangup, One Hug

This is a special mini episode, recorded to provide an update regarding the E. col O157:H7 outbreak in romaine lettuce. Don and Ben chat with returning guest Michelle Danyluk and first-time guest Travis Chapin, both from the University of Florida. This is a short one, but it's packed with delicious food safety goodness.

Apr 30, 201839 minEp. 152

Food Safety Talk 151: Washing My Own Head

Food Safety Talk 147: Only Robots In The Kitchen Back to Work Foreigner (band) - Wikipedia IAFP 2018 Annual Meeting Session Food Law Seminar: Michigan State University College of Law If You Aren’t Salt-Curing Your Eggs, You’re Seriously Missing Out | HuffPost 206 Million Eggs Recalled Over Salmonella Fears - The New York Times Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup Infections Linked to Rose Acre Farms Shell Eggs | Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Braenderup Infections Linked to Rose Acre ...

Apr 30, 20181 hr 39 min

Food Safety Talk 150: Rambunctious Ramble in the Jungle

The show opens with Ben recounting of his thoughts on Temple Grandin's talk in North Carolina, and the Humboldt Broncos tragedy. Don mentions his shout out on Do By Friday. Ben starts off by the nominal food safety talk regarding sock microwaving and the Cold Pressure Council seal. Don counters with the NJ Panera outbreak which seems to be part of FDA outgoing multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. Next up are blockchain and Canadian food recalls. Listener feedback covers restaurant grading, ki...

Apr 15, 20181 hr 50 min

Food Safety Talk 149: Free-range, Grass-fed Raised Unicorns

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo - Wikipedia Tales of the Riverbank - Wikipedia Amazon.com: Porlex Mini Stainless Steel Coffee Grinder: Kitchen & Dining White’s Plumbing, LLC Palmetto 2018 Results Palmetto 2018 Results pdf SafeGuard Ready-To-Eat Flour - Global Food Safety Resource Edible Cookie Dough Recipe {for two} - Family Fresh Meals Info/FAQ’s | The Cookie Dough Cafe Keeping Backyard Poultry, CDC Raising Backyard Chickens. Purchase Chicken Coops, Baby Chicks & Learn About Chicken Breeds. Ho...

Apr 04, 20181 hr 38 min

Food Safety Talk 147: Only Robots In The Kitchen

Don and Ben start the episode talking about some notable weather, seeing each other in Atlanta, and food safety stories from the recently retired ranks. The conversation moves to listener feedback about contaminated supplements and spices, Japanese designers, thawing and using time as a public health control. The show ends with a discussion on sampling fresh herbs and Russian trolls' attempt to cause confusion about a turkey-related outbreak. Show notes so you can follow along at home: National ...

Mar 05, 20181 hr 41 min
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