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?

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, or Elsewhere—and Does It Matter? | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
• Merch — Risky or Not?

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 americana var Hass) - ScienceDirect
• Evaluation of Avocados as a Possible Source of Listeria monocytogenes Infections, United States, 2016 to 2019 - ScienceDirect
• Growth Kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes in Cut Produce - ScienceDirect

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?

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 Escherichia coli O26 Infections Linked to Raw Flour — United States, 2019 | MMWR
• Raw Flour and Dough | Food Safety | CDC
• Uncooked Flour: A Hazardous Ingredient?
• Thermal Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and Nonpathogenic Bacterial Surrogates in Wheat Flour by Baking in a Household Oven - ScienceDirect
• Merch — Risky or Not?

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 different cooking methods on the quality and shucking of mussels - Marinopoulou - 2022 - Journal of Food Processing and Preservation - Wiley Online Library
• A comparative study of the effect of different cooking methods on the quality and shucking of mussels
• The Rule About Not Eating Closed Mussels Is Actually Complicated
• Improving Post Harvest Handling to Add Value to Farmed Mussels, Report Prepared By Nick V. Ruello
• Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks | Emerald Insight
• Gwyneth Paltrow: Crawling with parasites and in need of a cleanse - Decoding the Gurus

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 of E. coli O157:H7: McDonald’s Quarter Pounders (October 2024) | FDA
• US Foods reports Taylor Farms has issued a recall of whole and diced raw onions : r/Cooking
• US Foods reports Taylor Farms has issued a recall of whole and diced raw onions | Food Safety News
• US Foods recall notification
• Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history | Food Safety News
• Publications on the Microbial Safety of Onions
• Taylor Farms Colorado Foodservice Voluntary Yellow Onion Recall - Taylor Farms
• Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Onions (October 2023) | FDA
• Survival or Growth of Inoculated Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella on Yellow Onions (Allium cepa)under Conditions Simulating Food Service and Consumer Handling and Storage - ScienceDirect
• Modification of the Definition of TCS Foods | Council III | 2023 Biennial Meeting | Conference for Food Protection | Conference for Food Protection

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 History | FDA
• The Truth About Red Food Dye Made from Bugs | Live Science
• Carmine - Wikipedia
• Crunchy Gummy Yummy - Nerds
• Tiny, Tangy Crunchy Dual Flavoured NERDS Candy
• Sour Patch Kids | Snackworks
• Amazon.com : Maynards Wine Gums Bag 165g (Pack of 6) : Grocery & Gourmet Food
• Doctor Who: Jelly Baby Supercut – 4th Doctor/Tom Baker Tribute (2020) - YouTube
• Flavoring and Coloring Agents: Health Risks and Potential Problems - ScienceDirect
• Cochineal dye-induced immediate allergy: Review of Japanese cases and proposed new diagnostic chart - ScienceDirect
• Samhain - Wikipedia

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 Astro-turf Risky

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 Syrup - Maine Maple Producers Association
• Maple Food Safety Plans - Cooperative Extension: Maple Syrup Production
• The Role Of Spoilage Fungi In Seed Deterioration
• Province of Manitoba | agriculture - Water Content and Water Activity: Two Factors That Affect Food Safety

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
• Updated Parameters for Listeria monocytogenes Dose–Response Model Considering Pathogen Virulence and Age and Sex of Consumer
• Listeria monocytogenes Dose Response Revisited—Incorporating Adjustments for Variability in Strain Virulence and Host Susceptibility - Pouillot* - 2015 - Risk Analysis - Wiley Online Library
• Listeria monocytogenes: Low Levels Equal Low Risk - ScienceDirect
• Frozen Waffle Recall for Listeria | TreeHouse Foods - Consumer Reports
• TreeHouse Foods expands listeria-linked waffles recall to all products
• TreeHouse Foods, Inc. - TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall to Include All Waffle and Pancake Products Due to the Potential for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination
• Brantford - Wikipedia
• TreeHouse Foods-Voluntary Recall FAQs Oct-22-24.pdf