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Risky or Not?

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapmanโ€ขriskyornot.co
Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

Episodes

472. Rutgers University Fraternities

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of being in Rutgers University fraternities because of some data shared on Reddit. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I swabbed every single fraternity on campus and this is the result. : r/rutgers

Jun 16, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 472

471. Sink Pasta

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks draining pasta in your sink instead of a colander. Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ AITA for not eating sink pasta? : r/AmItheAsshole Reduction of faecal coliform, coliform and heterotrophic plate count bacteria in the household kitchen and bathroom by disinfection with hypochlorite cleaners | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic Mapping the Kitchen Microbiota in Five European Countries Reveals a Set of Core Bacteria across C...

Jun 14, 2023โ€ข15 minโ€ขEp. 471

470. Recalled Cold Brew Coffee With a Bolt

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking cold brew coffee that was recalled because of a missing bolt. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (3/9) Movie CLIP (1999) HD - YouTube 2.7 Million Cans of Coffee Sold at Costco Recalled โ€” Best Life โ€ŽCostco Recall notice...

Jun 12, 2023โ€ข13 minโ€ขEp. 470

469. Marinated Feta in a Jar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks consuming marinated feta (with garlic) in oil in a jar bought at a farmers market. Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Certified Food Scientist | CIFST Overview of Food Ingredients, Additives & Colors | FDA FRESHFARM on Instagram: โ€œItโ€™s time to praise the CHEESE ๐Ÿง€ January 20 is NATIONAL CHEESE LOVERS DAY! Did you know that you could stock up on cheese at yourโ€ฆโ€ Amazon.com: Customer Questions & Answers Amazon.com: Danish Feta In Oil and Spic...

Jun 09, 2023โ€ข10 minโ€ขEp. 469

468. One Sip of Opened 16 Hour Unrefrigerated Fruit and Veggie Blend

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a child from taking one sip from an open and unrefrigerated container of fruit and veggie blend after 16 hours. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ https://www.fda.gov/files/food/published/Job-Aidโ€“Time-and-Temperature-Control-for-Safety-Foods.pdf OhMyMega Veggie! | Once Upon a Farm...

Jun 07, 2023โ€ข15 minโ€ขEp. 468

467. Rich's Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus)

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming hard boiled eggs stored for five hours at room temperature or for a similar but undetermined amount of time in a bra. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Off Menu Podcast History and applications - The discoverers of calculus 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature โ€” Risky or Not?...

Jun 05, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 467

466. Drinking From a Wine Spit Bucket

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drink wine from a spit bucket like in the movie Sideways. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Sideways (2004) - IMDb Thomas Haden Church - Wikipedia Detection of Norovirus in Saliva Samples from Acute Gastroenteritis Cases and Asymptomatic Subjects: Association with Age and Higher Shedding in Stool - PMC...

Jun 02, 2023โ€ข11 minโ€ขEp. 466

Kurtis's Puffy Sausage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen sausage that had gas formation in the freezer. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Tarantino Mild Italian Sausage, 20 Links, 5 lbs | Costco Why is my sausage package puffed up? โ€“ Eating Expired (13) Jimmy Dean - Posts | Facebook Ground beef package bloated/blown in freezer but normal when purchased? : r/Cooking Woman explains why you should never eat food products from packet thatโ€™s not flat - Mirror Online...

May 31, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 465

464. Veronica's Puffy Tofu

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming frozen tofu that had gas formation in the freezer. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Veronica (@squirrelchomp) / Twitter Tofu balloon. Any have this issue? : r/aldi If You See Bloated Food Packaging, This Is What It Means | Taste of Home I HAVE SOME BAGS OF FROZEN VEGETABLES THAT HAVE EXPANDED SINCE I BOUGHT THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN FROZEN THE ENTIRE TIME, BUT NOW THEY ARE SO FULL OF AIR THAT I CANโ€™T SQUEEZE THEM. IS T...

May 29, 2023โ€ข17 minโ€ขEp. 464

463. Homemade Cookie Dough Left Out Overnight at Room Temperature

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cookies made with homemade cookie dough left out overnight at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ How to Make a Safe, Ready-to-Eat Cookie Dough Appendix E: Water Activity Values of Select Food Ingredients and Products - Water Activity in Foods - Wiley Online Library ComBase...

May 26, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 463

462. Doing the Norwex Raw Chicken Demo

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from licking a plate that had raw chicken juice on it and was only cleaned with Norwex. Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ The Norwex Raw Chicken Demo - YouTube Microfiber Science PWS | Norwex USA Microfiber Testing PWS | Norwex USA Norwex Home - Premium Microfiber & Sustainable Cleaning Products | Norwex USA The change in prevalence of Campylobacter on chicken carcasses during processing: A systematic review - ScienceDirect Baseline ...

May 24, 2023โ€ข22 minโ€ขEp. 462

461. Foods Cooked in the Outdoors by 12 to 14 Year Old Scouts

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food cooked in the outdoors by 12 to 14 year old Scouts. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Wood Badge - Wikipedia Cooking Merit Badge Requirements Keeping Your Food Safe | Boy Scouts of America What Merit Badges are required for the Eagle Scout rank? | Boy Scouts of America...

May 22, 2023โ€ข15 minโ€ขEp. 461

460. That One Green Potato Chip

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating that one green potato chip in the bag. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Toxic Glycoalkaloids in Potatoes Nugget of Knowledge: Green potato chips | WYTV This is how poisonous green crisps are - and why you still find them in your packet - Mirror Online Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine Potential Food Safety Problems Related to New Uses of Biote...

May 19, 2023โ€ข11 minโ€ขEp. 460

459. AI-Generated Recipes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating foods from AI-generated recipes. Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ The What, Why, and How of AI-Generated Recipes Using ChatGPT - Deepgram Blog โšก๏ธ Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight โ€ŽSafe Recipe Styleguide Google Translate for Eet smakelijk...

May 17, 2023โ€ข23 minโ€ขEp. 459

458. Pasta in the Woods in New Jersey

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pasta found in the woods in New Jersey. Dr. Don - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ Professor Ben - risky โ˜ฃ๏ธ A New Jersey Mystery: Who Dumped Hundreds of Pounds of Pasta, and Why? - The New York Times New Jersey neighbors find source of mystery pasta piles - YouTube Pine Barrens | VisitNJ.org NJโ€™s Pasta-Gate Solved? - New Jersey Digest Pine Barrens (The Sopranos) - Wikipedia Steve Buscemi - Wikipedia Why Pine Barrens Is the Best Sopranos Episode Fatal Family Outbr...

May 15, 2023โ€ข14 minโ€ขEp. 458

457. Cooking With Molten Glass or Metal

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking food using molten glass or metal. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Mr Forge (@mrforge_) | TikTok Is It Safe To Heat Canned Food In The Can? 254. Do It Yourself Pizza Oven โ€” Risky or Not? 155. Lava Pizza โ€” Risky or Not? (5) Mike Batz on Twitter: โ€œMy first thought was that lava smoke must have some nasty crap in it, but Iโ€™m gonna need the experts to chime inโ€ฆ Hey @benjaminchapman @bugcounter is cooking on lava #risk...

May 12, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 457

456. Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a pepper shaker at a restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot โ€” Risky or Not? Why You Shouldnโ€™t Use the Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant | The Healthy Dirty Restaurant Secrets the Kitchen Crew Wonโ€™t Tell You Restaurant Safety Boosted With New Sani Shaker No-Contact Salt & Pepper Shakers Hereโ€™s the Dirtiest Thing on Restaurant Tables | Readerโ€™s Digest...

May 10, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 456

455. Super Sweaty Celebrity Chefs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food made by a super sweaty celebrity chef. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ The Microbiology of the Human Axilla and Its Relationship to Axillary Odor - ScienceDirect Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota | Microbiology Spectrum Outbreaks Where Food Workers Have Been Implicated in the Spread of Foodborne Disease. Part 5. Sources of Contamination and Pathogen Excretion from Infected Persons - Sci...

May 08, 2023โ€ข13 minโ€ขEp. 455

454. Mammoth Meatballs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meatballs made using mammoth (and elephant) DNA. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Company Serves Worldโ€™s First โ€˜Mammothโ€™ Meatball, But Nobody Is Allowed to Eat It : ScienceAlert Why Are Some Proteins Allergens? | Toxicological Sciences | Oxford Academic Current Understanding of Food Allergens - LEHRER - 2002 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - Wiley Online Library FDA says tara flour was likely behind illn...

May 05, 2023โ€ข13 minโ€ขEp. 454

453. Wild Yeast Water

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of baking using wild yeast. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Baking bread with a yeast water starter | King Arthur Baking 2 easy ways to make yeast water with fruits - The Flavor Bells Creating Fruit Yeast Water Starter - Make It Dough Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC What Are Wild Ales? The Beer Style Explained | Chatelaine...

May 03, 2023โ€ข14 minโ€ขEp. 453

452. Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks for Raw Sushi

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Reusing Bamboo Chopsticks hand washed with soap and water for raw sushi. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Chopsticks!! (Piano Song) - YouTube Urban Dictionary: open the kimono Welcome | 12th International Conference on Predictive Modelling in Food Amazon.com: Bamber 10 Pairs Reusable Bamboo Chopsticks Set, 10 Inches Long Chopstick, Japanese Style : Home & Kitchen Microbial Safety of Wood in Contact with Food: A Review - Avi...

May 01, 2023โ€ข15 minโ€ขEp. 452

451. Bobbing for Apples

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bobbing for apples. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 316. Using Cups to Scoop Water Out of a Shared Bowl โ€” Risky or Not? bobbing for apples - Google Scholar Bobbing For Apples Could Be Bad For Your Health | LittleThings.com Halloween Food Safety Tips for Parents | FDA Is Bobbing For Apples Safe? Dangers Lurk In This Fall Tradition Bobbing for apples, the silent danger this Halloween ยท TheJournal.ie...

Apr 28, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 451

450. Salting Pasta Water With Iodized Salt

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of salting pasta water with iodized salt. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Four ways to reduce unwanted iodized table salt reactions when boiling pasta - American Chemical Society Overlooked Iodo-Disinfection Byproduct Formation When Cooking Pasta with Iodized Table Salt | Environmental Science & Technology Overlooked Iodo-Disinfection Byproduct Formation When Cooking Pasta with Iodized Table Salt | Environmental Science & Tec...

Apr 26, 2023โ€ข11 minโ€ขEp. 450

449. Pepper Mill Over a Pot

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of repeatedly using a pepper mill over a pot of water. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ * [Peugeot pepper and salt mill Checkmate 30cm | mydealz](https://www.mydealz.de/deals/peugeot-pfeffer-und-salzmuhle-checkmate-2114120#comments) * [Aspergillus growth and aflatoxin production on black pepper | SpringerLink](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00443023) * [Pepper Potts | Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki | Fandom](https...

Apr 24, 2023โ€ข11 minโ€ขEp. 449

448. Pool Pizza

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a slice of pizza dipped momentarily in a pool. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Mystery Guest 1 - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Mystery Guest 2 - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ pizza - Risky or Not? CDC Online Newsroom | Press Release | CDC study finds fecal contamination in pools...

Apr 21, 2023โ€ข11 minโ€ขEp. 448

447. Repeated Hot Fudge Temperature Cycling

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of repeatedly reheating hot fudge in a microwave. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Robbie Williams โ€“ Hot Fudge Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Hot Chocolate (band) - Wikipedia Hot Fudge | Smuckerโ€™sยฎ Microbiological safety of chocolate confectionery products - New Food Magazine Hot Fudge - song and lyrics by Johnny & The Hurricanes | Spotify Vanilla Fudge Hot Hot Heat MC5 - Wikipedia The Dave Clark Five - Wikipedia...

Apr 19, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 447

446. Ice Cream From a Malfunctioning Freezer

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating soft ice cream from a malfunctioning freezer. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Welcome - Rutgers AAUP-AFT Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods | FDA National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) | CDC Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream | CDC Frontiers | Listeria monocytogenes Growth Kinetics in Milkshakes Made fr...

Apr 17, 2023โ€ข21 minโ€ขEp. 446

445. Old Meat Sticks

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from old meat sticks. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Don Schaffner ๐Ÿฆ  on Twitter: โ€œ@CrucialTK #NotRisky!โ€ / Twitter Emma Hartnett ยป Risk Sciences International What is Landjaeger? - Hemplerโ€™s Foods Landjaeger Snack Sticks โ€“ Wisconsin Cheese Mart Meat Bars: A Survey To Assess Consumer Familiarity and Preparation Parameters and a Challenge Study To Quantify Viability of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Cells during Proce...

Apr 14, 2023โ€ข12 minโ€ขEp. 445

444. Marrying the Ketchup

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from marrying the ketchup. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Marrying the Ketchups - How To - Author Jennifer Close - YouTube Television review: โ€˜2 Broke Girlsโ€™ - Los Angeles Times Gross Things Restaurants Do to Save Money | Readerโ€™s Digest Why You Shouldnโ€™t Use the Pepper Shakers at a Restaurant | The Healthy Ghostbusters: โ€œPrint is Deadโ€ - YouTube Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. in Acidic Condiments -...

Apr 12, 2023โ€ข14 minโ€ขEp. 444

443. College Students Selling Foods to the Community

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from college students selling foods to the community. Dr. Don - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ Professor Ben - not risky ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ How It Works | Bites | Eat With Your Tribe AB626: Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations - Consumer Protection Division - County of Santa Clara Freewill Lyrics | Rush.com California Food Handlers Card | eFoodcard 90210 (TV series) - Wikipedia About Me Chef Matt Collins...

Apr 10, 2023โ€ข20 minโ€ขEp. 443