Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated by getting kissed once by your dog with tongue. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 284. Dog Kisses — Risky or Not? Grey Cup - Wikipedia People Kissing Dogs in Mouth | TikTok Zoonoses in the Bedroom CDC podcast transcript Zoonoses in the Bedroom - Volume 17, Number 2—February 2011 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC Pasturella Multocida Meningitis in a Dog Lover (or Don’t Kiss Pets!) Pasturella multocida menin...
Nov 29, 2024•22 min•Ep 700•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a black plastic spatula. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula - The Atlantic Black plastics: Linear and circular economies, hazardous additives and marine pollution - ScienceDirect Food Packaging & Other Substances that Come in Contact with Food - Information for Consumers | FDA Mercer Culinary M35110GY Hell’s Tools® 12” Gray High Temperature Slotted Turner / Spatula Precautionary pr...
Nov 27, 2024•13 min•Ep 699•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with deep frying a turkey. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 AB’s safer method of deep frying a turkey Some assembly required : r/PaymoneyWubby Shatner Loses it in Recording Studio - YouTube Thanksgiving Day Fires in Residential Buildings (2014-2016) Deep-fried Turkey: Delicious or Dangerous? | scienceandfooducla Turkey Fryer Fire Safety William Shatner Turkey Fryer - YouTube Michael D. Brown - Wikipedia Thomas Elber...
Nov 25, 2024•16 min•Ep 698•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Thanksgiving leftovers. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?...
Nov 22, 2024•13 min•Ep 697•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from thawing a turkey in the garage. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 631. Thawing a Whole Turkey in a Hot Garage Twice — Risky or Not? 86. Thawing Poultry at Room Temperature — Risky or Not? Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: “Room temperature thawing of frozen meat is an interesting topic that comes up from time to time. If you check all of the food safety advice websites they will tell you that it is not safe to do this. (1/18)” / X Th...
Nov 20, 2024•14 min•Ep 696•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from rinsing your turkey in the sink. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not? Food Safety Consumer Research Project: Meal Preparation Experiment Related to Poultry Washing A brief history of chicken washing Should You Wash Chicken? Nutrition Security and Food Safety in Rural Texas - College of Agriculture Food and Natural Resources Merch — Risky or Not?...
Nov 18, 2024•16 min•Ep 695•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from relying on a pop up thermometer. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kitchen Thermometers | Food Safety and Inspection Service Developing a Citizen Science Method to Collect Whole Turkey Thermometer Usage Behaviors Changes in Lighting Source Can Produce Inaccurate Assessment of Visual Poultry Doneness and Induce Consumers To Eat Undercooked Ground Turkey Patties - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?...
Nov 15, 2024•16 min•Ep 694•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by inexperienced home chefs and potlucks. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 CDC identifies bacteria that killed 3 who ate church meal | Food Safety News Bacteria that killed 3 at Antioch Thanksgiving dinner pinpointed Consumer Food Handling in the Home: A Review of Food Safety Studies - ScienceDirect Food Safety in Home Kitchens: A Synthesis of the Literature Where Does Foodborne Illness Happen—in the Home, at Foodservice...
Nov 13, 2024•17 min•Ep 693•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating guacamole left out overnight. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Mild Guacamole - Yucatan Guacamole Yucatan Authentic Guacamole 16 oz, 16 oz - Kroger Avocados - Food Source Information Behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in Avocado Pulp and Processed Guacamole - ScienceDirect Effect of storage temperature and time on the behavior of Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and background microbiota on whole fresh avocados (Persea americ...
Nov 11, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a freeze dried beef organs and colostrum smoothie. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Social Media Analytics and Publishing - Fedica (Formerly Tweepsmap) Post | LinkedIn Erewhon’s Raw Animal-Based Smoothie has organs, unpasteurized dairy - Los Angeles Times Erewhon How to Pronounce Erewhon (Correctly!) - YouTube Bovine lymph nodes as a source of Escherichia coli contamination of the meat - ScienceDirect Merch — Risky or Not?...
Nov 08, 2024•12 min•Ep 691•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of letting a toddler eat raw flour. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 684. Recalled Treehouse Waffles — Risky or Not? Brantford - Wikipedia Consumption of Raw Flour in the United States: Results from the 2019 U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety and Nutrition Survey - ScienceDirect Consumer Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding Food Safety Risks Associated with Wheat Flour - ScienceDirect Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of E...
Nov 06, 2024•11 min•Ep 690•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating mussels still unopened after cooking. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 What does it mean if a clam is open or closed before cooking? Is one better to eat than the other, and why? - Quora Why can’t you eat shellfish that didn’t open during cooking? : r/AskCulinary Mussel Did You Knows - Mussel Facts - PEI Mussels Information Mussels | Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference A comparative study of the effect of di...
Nov 04, 2024•19 min•Ep 689•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of slivered onions today in light of the ongoing outbreak. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 E. coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders | E. coli infection | CDC Taylor Farms: Leading Producer of Healthy Salads & Fresh Foods E. Coli Outbreak Tied to McDonald’s Widens to 75 People in 13 States - The New York Times California firm recalls onion products amid E. coli outbreak - Los Angeles Times Outbreak Investigation ...
Nov 01, 2024•22 min•Ep 688•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Nerds Gummy Clusters (when you are not allergic to Carmine B). Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Nerds Gummy Clusters: The internet is obsessed. That was entirely by design. Color Additives | FDA Small Entity Compliance Guide: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods and Cosmetic Products that Contain Cochineal Extract and Carmine | FDA Color Additives Questions and Answers for Consumers | FDA Color Additives H...
Oct 30, 2024•12 min•Ep 687•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating an egg fried on Astroturf. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Heat Levels — Safe Healthy Playing Fields Toxicity/Carcinogens — Safe Healthy Playing Fields “The Artificial Turf at the Women’s World Cup Was Reportedly 120 Degrees at Kick Off” — Safe Healthy Playing Fields The artificial turf at the Women’s World Cup was reportedly 120 degrees at kick off - The Washington Post Surface Temperature of Synthetic Turf ChatGPT - Eggs on A...
Oct 28, 2024•18 min•Ep 686•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of pouring unused maple syrup back into the container. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Identification of Microbial Spoilage in Maple Syrup Samples Mold in Maple Syrup Fungi in Ontario maple syrup & some factors that determine the presence of mold damage - ScienceDirect Fungi Associated with Pure Maple Syrup Packed at the Minimum Recommended Reheating Temperature - ScienceDirect Brix: The Essential Knowledge The Science of Syr...
Oct 25, 2024•17 min•Ep 685•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from waffles currently recalled for Listeria monocytogenes . Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 559. Waffles — Risky or Not? Merch — Risky or Not? “We promise not to waffle” graphic tee, long sleeve tee, tank, onesie, pullover crewneck, and pullover hoodie by Don Schaffner. | Cotton Bureau TreeHouse Foods Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Waffle Products Due to the Potential for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination | FDA Upd...
Oct 23, 2024•19 min•Ep 684•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by clumpy pumpkin spice creamer stored in an overfull church refrigerator. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 423. Pastor Pinkston’s Plentiful Pork Products — Risky or Not? If you pour cream in your coffee and it’s lumpy like cottage cheese but it smells ok, is it bad or can you drink it? - Quora boor milk spoiklage - Google Scholar Food Spoilage Microorganisms - Google Books Psychrotolerant spore-former growth characterization ...
Oct 21, 2024•18 min•Ep 683•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing food in a glass jar that used to be a fish tank. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 How long did your betta live/How old is your betta? : r/bettafish Bacterial zoonoses of fishes: A review and appraisal of evidence for linkages between fish and human infections - ScienceDirect Mycobacteria - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics method to evaluate factors influencing the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers | Jo...
Oct 18, 2024•12 min•Ep 682•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating raw cookie dough from Cookie Dough Dreams in LA. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Never Not Funny – The Jimmy Pardo Podcast. Home - Cookie Dough Dreams Press - Cookie Dough Dreams #1 Organic and #1 Fair Trade Coffee – Death Wish Coffee Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Cookie Dough | CDC New Burbank dessert store serves safe-to-eat cookie batter Heat Treated Flour & Delivery System - SafeGuard® | Ardent Mills Therm...
Oct 16, 2024•15 min•Ep 681•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking single barrel bourbon with a cork that looks moldy. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Corked Wine, Cork Taint, Musty Odours: What to Do Cork taint - Wikipedia Cork looks moldy. Would it still be ok. : r/whiskey Corked whisky - fact or myth? - Whisky and Wisdom What Is Whiskey Fungus and Is it Dangerous? | HowStuffWorks Black Fungal Growth and Distilleries | BYGL Kentucky’s Whiskey Fungus Problem Is Out of Control ...
Oct 14, 2024•22 min•Ep 680•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from strawberry jam with black and white colored mold. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ What is the difference between an episode, an arc, and a season/saga? - Quora Write a ten-word story before you reach the finish line | Taskmaster Wiki | Fandom mold - Risky or Not? Food Safety Talk 217: Fruit Forward — Food Safety Talk Home Page - National Center for Home Food Preservation Strawberry Jam Pectin - National Center for Home Food Preserva...
Oct 11, 2024•20 min•Ep 679•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks faced by an immunocompromised person eating mac and cheese left at room temperature for two hours Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Ed Koch - Wikipedia In Eric Adams Case, Prosecutors Warn of Additional Charges for Him and Defendants - The New York Times Staphylococcus aureus Infection - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf Bacillus Cereus - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf time a spublic health control - Google Search Cooling Uncovered Food...
Oct 09, 2024•16 min•Ep 678•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked egg with a crack in it. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 egg - Risky or Not? Home - American Egg Board Prevalence and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus in raw eggs and it’s growth and enterotoxin a production in egg contents - ScienceDirect Methods and Factors That Affect the Measurement of Egg Shell Quality, - ScienceDirect Characterization of bacterial pathogens from egg shell, egg yolk,...
Oct 07, 2024•11 min•Ep 677•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks drinking beer from glasses when the bottle has been inside the glass and in contact with the beer. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cocktail School | Especially if the bottle is dirty Via: unknown | Instagram Survival of Foodborne Pathogens in Low and Nonalcoholic Craft Beer - ScienceDirect Survival of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria (Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Staphylococ...
Oct 04, 2024•9 min•Ep 676•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from working out in a gym with a live chicken. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Monmouth University CDC warns of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry flocks | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC Risk factors for Salmonella persistence after cleansing and disinfection in French broiler-chicken houses - ScienceDirect 611. Eating at a Restaurant Under a Bridge — Risky or Not? 535. Adults Eating at Picnic Tables With a Little Bit...
Oct 02, 2024•9 min•Ep 675•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of food poisoning from an open can of soup on public stairway in the midwest summer for more than a day. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ 80. Old canned soup — Risky or Not? 42: Reboiling Soup — Risky or Not? 236. Eating 2,400 Year Old Soup — Risky or Not? 498. Room Temperature Canned Chicken Noodle Soup — Risky or Not?...
Sep 30, 2024•8 min•Ep 674•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from ramen based on a TikTok warning. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ramen recalled | TikTok PolitiFact | CDC hasn’t warned about deadly ramen noodles, despite social media claims about the ramen recalls : r/ramen Ramen noodles 5 kids lost is this real contaminated food dangerous foo… | Ramen Noodles Recall Alert | TikTok...
Sep 27, 2024•12 min•Ep 673•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from microplastics from cutting boards. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? | Environmental Science & Technology Microplastic Contamination of Chicken Meat and Fish through Plastic Cutting Boards - PubMed Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Foods | FDA Human Consumption of Microplastics | Environmental Science & Technology Environmental exposure to microplastics: ...
Sep 25, 2024•12 min•Ep 672•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of kayaking with fresh wounds in water which regularly fails coliform tests while elderly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Kayaking - Wikipedia Paddle Board vs. Kayak: Which should you buy? | THURSO SURF Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership | Sharing information about New Jersey’s Lower Raritan Watershed....
Sep 23, 2024•13 min•Ep 671•Transcript available on Metacast 
