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Risky or Not?

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapmanriskyornot.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

442. Restaurant Misting Fans

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about food safety and other risks from restaurant misting fans. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Restaurant Misting Systems - Koolfog A Shopper’s Eye View of Food Safety at Retail Stores: Lessons from Photographs Taken while Grocery Shopping Produce Misting Literall Prevents Shrink | Produce Business Magazine Remembering Jim Prevor by Harris S. Cutler, Race-West Company - Produce Business N.C. Officials Trace 124 Legionnaires’ Disease Cases T...

Apr 07, 202316 minEp 442Transcript available on Metacast

441. Pooled Eggs in the Fridge for 10 Days

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing cracked pooled eggs in the fridge for 10 days. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Pocket Full of Kryptonite - Wikipedia Romeo Toledo | LinkedIn Romeo T. Toledo’s research works | University of Georgia, GA (UGA) and other places Toledo Isolation of Listeria Spp. From Faecal Samples of Cracked Egg Fed Chickens and Rapd Analysis of Listeria Monocytogenes Strains...

Apr 05, 202312 minEp 441Transcript available on Metacast

440. Ketchup in the Cabinet

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing ketchup in the cabinet. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, September 2006 Should you keep ketchup in the fridge or pantry? Acidity/pH of common food and beverages Chagrin Falls OH, Dentistry at Winbury Chagrin Falls-The Tragically Hip - YouTube Clemson pH of common foods Over two thousand estimations of the pH of representative foods - SpringerLin...

Apr 03, 202314 minEp 440Transcript available on Metacast

439. Gloves

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using non-sterile gloves in foodservice. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Study finds half of new disposable gloves carry microbes from poo | Stuff.co.nz Researchgate Barry-Michaels/Metagenomic-Analysis-of-the-Microbiome-Associated-with-Single-Use-Glove-Manufacturing.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barry-Michaels/publication/334684419_Viability-Linked_Metagenomic_Analysis_of_the_Disposable_Glove_Microbiome/links/5d...

Mar 31, 202318 minEp 439Transcript available on Metacast

438. Half Year Old Aged Steak in Cheese Wax

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating half year old steak aged in cheese wax. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 I Dry-Aged steaks in CHEESE WAX for 1/2 yr and ate it! - YouTube Microbiological safety of aged meat | EFSA Is Waxed Cheese Safe for Food Storage? | USU Coatings | Free Full-Text | Characterization of Beeswax, Candelilla Wax and Paraffin Wax for Coating Cheeses...

Mar 29, 202312 minEp 438Transcript available on Metacast

437. Dolly's Dry Pickles

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles refrigerated with the juice. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 pickles - Risky or Not? Amazon.com : freeze dried pickles Freeze Dried Dill Pickles Freeze Dry Pickles Dried Dill - Etsy...

Mar 27, 20239 minEp 437Transcript available on Metacast

436. Zach's Day Old Breakfast Popcorn

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving buttered popcorn with spices at room temperature overnight. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Leftover food triggered disease that left teen without legs, fingers Case Challenge — A 19-Year-Old Man with Shock, Multiple Organ Failure, and Rash — NEJM 20-Year-Old Dies Of ‘Fried Rice Syndrome’ After Eating 5-Day-Old Pasta | KFI AM 640 Sudden Death of a Young Adult Associated with Bacillus cereus Food Poisoning - PMC Wha...

Mar 24, 202310 minEp 436Transcript available on Metacast

435. Cooked Fruit Pie Stored at Room Temperature

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cooked fruit pie stored at room temperature. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods Incidence and Growth of Bacillus cereus in Retail Pumpkin Pies 1 - PubMed How to Make a Sweet Southern Persimmon Pie - Mama on the Homestead About - Mama on the Homestead...

Mar 22, 202314 minEp 435Transcript available on Metacast

434. Pastor Pinkstons Brownie Batter Bonanza

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating uncooked brownie batter made without eggs. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “@gregpinkston @benjaminchapman Darn, this is a good one. (The first draft of that sentence had a curse word in it, but I shouldn’t curse to a pastor). Some of these mixes have been linked to outbreaks, but I’m gonna give it a tentative #NotRisky. Added to the queue!” / Twitter Betty Crocker™ Brownies and Bars - BettyCr...

Mar 20, 202311 minEp 434Transcript available on Metacast

433. 17 Year Old Pickle Brine

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming 17 year old pickle brine. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ What is this white stuff in my 17 year old pickle brine? How to fix th… | TikTok Recipes | Cookingbomb | United States

Mar 17, 202312 minEp 433Transcript available on Metacast

432. Bog Butter

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating modern homemade bog butter. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ bruce bogbutter on Twitter: “some of you may remember that me and some pals went and buried some butter in a bog. today we retrieved it. it tasted extremely Ripe. https://t.co/7VBOa9MuR9” / Twitter Bog butter - Wikipedia DEVO “Whip It” [Official Music Video] - YouTube Butter was stored in bogs 3,500 years ago, researchers reveal – The Irish Times Ancient Bog Butt...

Mar 15, 202317 minEp 432Transcript available on Metacast

431. Eating at a Restaurant Operating Without Power

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating in a restaurant without power. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Waffle House - Good Food Fast Nashville restaurant owner says power outage costing him business FATTOUSH CAFE - 1716 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, Tennessee - 104 Photos & 169 Reviews - Middle Eastern - Restaurant Reviews - Phone Number - Menu - Yelp Fattoush Cafe - Menu - Nashville https://www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17418/2017-FoodCodeAdoption-Summary-o...

Mar 13, 202319 minEp 431Transcript available on Metacast

430. Wearing Silver-Threaded Clothing

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from wearing silver-threaded clothing. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Molecular Effect of Wearing Silver-Threaded Clothing on the Human Skin | mSystems Mack Weldon Underwear - Men’s Underwear | Mack Weldon Full article: Silver as an antimicrobial: facts and gaps in knowledge 32 DEGREES Mens 3 Pack Active Mesh Boxer Brief Shop Graphic Tees, Hoodies, Phone Cases, and More. | Cotton Bureau...

Mar 10, 202313 minEp 430Transcript available on Metacast

429. TikTok Fridge-Decorating Trend

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of decorating the inside of your refrigerator. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 People Are Up In Arms About This TikTok Fridge-Decorating Trend

Mar 08, 20239 minEp 429Transcript available on Metacast

428. Semi-Firm Cheese at 45-55 °F for an Undetermined Amount of Time

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing cheddar and gouda cheese at 45-55 °F for an undetermined amount of time. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Everything you need to know about Semi-Hard Cheese | Castello | Castello CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 The Nibble: Types Cheese Curd Clinic: Cheese Safety/Storage Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in Gouda cheese — Research@WUR...

Mar 06, 202312 minEp 428Transcript available on Metacast

427. Storing "Teriyk" in an Old Hair Spray Bottle

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using homemade Teriyaki sauce stored in an old hair spray bottle. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Teriyaki Sauce Recipe | Food Network Andrew W.K. - Wikipedia I Get Wet - Wikipedia...

Mar 03, 202310 minEp 427Transcript available on Metacast

426. Sending Home Baked Lemon Squares to the Elderly in the Mail

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks sending home baked lemon squares to the elderly in the mail. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What Are Nepotism Babies, And Why Is Everyone Talking About Them? Gabrielle Schaffner on Twitter: “@bugcounter @benjaminchapman For the full recipe https://t.co/xw55rjBPM1” / Twitter Whole Lemon Bars - David Lebovitz Recipes - Texas Cottage Food Law Food Safety of Frostings and Fillings...

Mar 01, 202310 minEp 426Transcript available on Metacast

425. Reusing Room Temperature Butter for Sautéing Vegetables

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of reusing room temperature butter for sautéing vegetables. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Risky or Not? Heat Inactivation Rates of Botulinum Toxins A, B, E and F in Some Foods and Buffers - Woodburn- 1979 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library Conditions associated with Clostridium sporogenes growth as a surrogate for Clostridium botulinum in nonthermally processed canned butter - PubMed Botulism outbreak in a rur...

Feb 27, 202318 minEp 425Transcript available on Metacast

424. Red Hot "Cured" Egg Yolks

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating egg yolks “cured” in Red Hot. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Hot Sauce Cured Egg Yolks 🌶️🥚 A few months ago I thought to myself, … | TikTok Jorts Kitchen - YouTube Hot Sauces, Buffalo Sauces, & Spicy Recipes | Frank’s® RedHot® US. ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue 44: Salt Cured Egg Yolks — Risky or Not? How to Make a Safe Hot Sauce Pathogens | Free Full-Text | The Combined Effect of pH and Tempera...

Feb 24, 202320 minEp 424Transcript available on Metacast

423. Pastor Pinkston's Plentiful Pork Products

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing frozen corn dogs in the refrigerator for several weeks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Classic | State Fair Corn Dogs Listeria Fear Prompts 372,000 Pound Hot Dog, Corn Dog Recall | Food Manufacturing Sara Lee Corp. Pleads Guilty In Meat Case - The New York Times Update: Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis – United States, 1998-1999...

Feb 22, 202310 minEp 423Transcript available on Metacast

422. Butter Candles

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using butter candles. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Landon Conover on Twitter: “⁦@bugcounter⁩ and ⁦@benjaminchapman⁩, here is another viral trend that might make a good #riskyornot. Merry Christmas and thanks for an awesome show! https://t.co/OCj0XHZQA4” / Twitter Ain’t Too Proud To Meg on Instagram: “Follow @ainttooproudtomeg. VIRAL BUTTER CANDLE 🧈🕯️ What do you think? #foodtrend #buttercandle #feedfeed #food52 #taste...

Feb 20, 202310 minEp 422Transcript available on Metacast

421. Beer Kegs in the Bathroom

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing unused beer kegs in the bathroom of a restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “@RyanMorey @Nowooski @benjaminchapman But also most definitely not a best practice. Maybe we should queue this one up for revisiting on risky or not, what do you think @benjaminchapman?” / Twitter Food Safety Talk 189: Guerrilla Sous Vide Is A Go (Live from Renton Technical College) — Food Safety Talk...

Feb 17, 202311 minEp 421Transcript available on Metacast

420. Chicken in a Waffle Maker

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking chicken drumsticks in a waffle maker. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Christian Johnson Ent. 💫🏁 on Instagram: “CHICKEN ON A WAFFLE MAKER?? 🥴😳😂 #ChristianJohnsonComedy Follow Me! @christianjohnsoncomedy…” Waffled Chicken with Spicy Syrup Recipe | Food Network Kitchen | Food Network Location Finder | Maple Street Biscuit Company...

Feb 15, 202312 minEp 420Transcript available on Metacast

419. Frozen Mixed Veggies in Yogurt

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of mixing uncooked, frozen vegetables into yogurt and storing for several days in your refrigerator. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 163. Corn and Peas Microwaved for 90 Seconds — Risky or Not? Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Frozen Vegetables | Listeria | CDC Frederick Breidt : USDA ARS...

Feb 13, 202311 minEp 419Transcript available on Metacast

418. Pocket Baked Potato

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of bringing a baked potato to a football game in your pocket. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Big Show - Wikipedia Big Game (American football) - Wikipedia TK To come (publishing) - Wikipedia (4) TK on Twitter: “@benjaminchapman @bugcounter pocket baked potato #riskyornot” / Twitter (4) KC Potato Girl on Twitter: “Just wanted to hop on and show yall my appreciation! This has been a smashing time! 🙌❤️💛🏈🥔 thanks for everyon...

Feb 10, 202315 minEp 418Transcript available on Metacast

417. Pickle From 1890

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating a pickle from 1890. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 The Juicy 4,000-Year History of Pickles - HISTORY

Feb 08, 202313 minEp 417Transcript available on Metacast

416. Leftover Home Cooked Vegetable Soup Stored in a Refrigerator During a Power Outage

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating leftover home cooked vegetable soup stored in a refrigerator during a power outage for a specific amount of time under certain conditions. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ComBase Thermapen ONE | ThermoWorks Waterproof Pocket Digital Thermometer PDT300 from Comark Digital thermometers: Easy readout of measuring values | Testo, Inc Emergency Action Plan for Retail Food Establishment | Conference-Developed Guides and D...

Feb 06, 202314 minEp 416Transcript available on Metacast

415. Flying With Crabs

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating crabs after transporting live crabs via checked luggage. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Reese Waters on Twitter: “WHO FLEW WITH CRABS?! https://t.co/c0cux6Jyyi” / Twitter Time‐Temperature Effects on the Bacteriological Quality of Stored Shellfish. - HOFF - 1967 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library Rare Death Via Histamine Poisoning Following Crab Consumption: A Case Report - PubMed Cancer pagurus (Linna...

Feb 03, 202310 minEp 415Transcript available on Metacast

414. Slimy Meat With Holes

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating meat with holes that are slimy. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Alex on Twitter: “@f*ckedupfoods @bugcounter and @benjaminchapman this is uh… Bad right” / Twitter f*cked up looking food on Twitter: “https://t.co/mI1yRQrNWu” / Twitter Microbiological Spoilage and Contamination of Vacuum-Packaged Cooked Sausages | Journal of Food Protection Sodium Nitrite and Sorbic Acid Effects on Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation in C...

Feb 01, 202311 minEp 414Transcript available on Metacast

413. Worker Not Wearing a Hair Covering in a Restaurant

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from a worker not wearing a hair covering in a restaurant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 food safety hair covering - Google Scholar Carriage of potentially pathogenic bacteria in the hair - Black - 1974 - BJS (British Journal of Surgery) - Wiley Online Library Scientific Evidence Supports the Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers as an Effective Alternative to Hand Washing in Retail Food and Food Service Settings When Heavy ...

Jan 30, 202319 minEp 413Transcript available on Metacast