Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating pasta sauce made with a cursed baseball.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Left Field | MLB.com: News
• Curse of the Billy Goat - Wikipedia
• This 3,200 Year Old Egyptian Cheese Is Cursed With a Deadly Pathogen
• Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia
• (20+) Chicago Cubs HQ | Someone dressed up Steve Bartman | Facebook
• These 11 major leaguers don't wear batting gloves, preferring to grin and 'bare' it | FOX Sports
• Moisés Chiullán

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from placing a baby in a pumpkin.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• halloween - Risky or Not?
• Ma Nishtana - Wikipedia
• Facebook post
• Doctors warn pumpkin patches could pose salmonella risk, especially for young children | Local News | local3news.com
• Eurosurveillance | Nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to consumption of pumpkin seeds, France, 2026
• Survival of Salmonella during Production of Partially Sprouted Pumpkin, Sunflower, and Chia Seeds Dried for Direct Consumption - ScienceDirect

Starting from this episode we will only post once a week. We both love doing the show, but we need time for other (less fun) administrative tasks.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from washing produce without first removing the sticker.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• banana - Risky or Not?
• Microbiological safety evaluations and recommendations on fresh produce - ScienceDirect - C. De Roever
• Microbiological safety evaluations and recommendations on fresh produce - ScienceDirect - National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
• Natural-Light Labeling of Tomatoes Does Not Facilitate Growth or Penetration of Salmonellainto the Fruit - ScienceDirect
• CO2 Laser-labeling on Fresh Produce: Evaluating Postharvest Quality, Microbial Safety, and Economic Analysis - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating off dishes washed by a scrub brush previously used to wash raw chicken dishes, with no sanitation step in between.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Natural Tampico Fiber — Caddy Supply Company
• The survival of foodborne pathogens during domestic washing-up and subsequent transfer onto washing-up sponges, kitchen surfaces and food - ScienceDirect
• Quantifying the Effect of Hand Wash Duration, Soap Use, Ground Beef Debris, and Drying Methods on the Removal of Enterobacter aerogenes on Hands - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from "cutting" carrots with your mouth for a slow cooker meal.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Instagram
• The Kingsmen - Louie Louie - YouTube
• 'Louie Louie': The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands : NPR

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating two decade old fish sauce.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town | Defector
• Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio) - YouTube
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon in France - Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia
• Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia
• Homemade Fish Sauce – Fermenters Club
• About | Mendo Food Consulting
• FISH SAUCE PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING: A REVIEW: Food Reviews International: Vol 17 , No 1 - Get Access
• Food Safety Myths You Need To Stop Believing, According To An Expert

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned corn in hand-soldered tins.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• To Can Corn (soldered tins) — Don't Cook That
• Synergistic Inactivation of Spores of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum Strains by High Pressure and Heat Is Strain and Product Dependent - PMC
• heat resistance of the spores of B. botulinus and allied anaerobes. XI | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Food Safety Talk 319: I'm Feeling Botchy Today — Food Safety Talk

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating reheated Buffalo wings that fell into a clean sink.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• hockey - Risky or Not?
• The Rise & Fall … & Rise of Midget Hockey - Total Package Hockey
• MYHockey Rankings - MYHockey
• Minor ice hockey - Wikipedia
• Warren Zevon – Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
• North Carolina 16U Rankings - MYHockey
• Rutgers Researchers Debunk 'Five-Second Rule': Eating Food off the Floor Isn't Safe | Rutgers University
• Longer Contact Times Increase Cross-Contamination of Enterobacter aerogenes from Surfaces to Food - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking stuffing in a turkey without a thermometer.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia
• Texas Environmental Health Association
• Stuffing and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Turkey Basics: Stuffing | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes | Penn State University
• Stuffing Your Turkey Could Make You Sick—Here's What Our Editors Do Instead

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks to a teenage boy from consuming deli meat and cheese left on the counter for 10 hours

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼| Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Wegmans Oven Roasted Off The Bone Turkey Breast | Wegmans
• ComBase
• Retail Deli Slicer Inspection Practices: An EHS-Net Study
• Retail Deli Slicer Inspection Practices: An EHS-Net Study - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using toothpaste that came from a tube split during the packaging process.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Contents of toothpaste - safety implications - Australian Prescriber
• US7135163B2 - Prevention of crystal formation in toothpaste - Google Patents
• Antimicrobial Efficacy of Different Toothpastes and Mouthrinses: An In Vitro Study - PMC
• Antimicrobial Effect of Newly Formulated Toothpastes and a Mouthrinse on Specific Microorganisms: An In Vitro Study - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating bacon with a pinhole leak in the package.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Great Value Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon, 12 oz Naturally Smoked Pork Bacon Slices - Walmart.com
• Bacon Prices Set to Surge Anew in Threat to More Meat Inflation - Bloomberg
• Use of Optical Oxygen Sensors in Non-Destructively Determining the Levels of Oxygen Present in Combined Vacuum and Modified Atmosphere Packaged Pre-Cooked Convenience-Style Foods and the Use of Ethanol Emitters to Extend Product Shelf-Life
• Bacon and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Toss Your Bacon Immediately If You Notice These Signs
• Bacon Method
• Accidental Tech Podcast

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Fulminant Bacillus cereus food poisoning with fatal multi-organ failure | BMJ Case Reports
• Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta - Juneja - 2019 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Heat-stable toxin production by strains of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus firmus, Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus simplex and Bacillus licheniformis | FEMS Microbiology Letters | Oxford Academic

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming or preparing Vichy squirrel.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Vichy - Wikipedia
• Mortar and pestle - Wikipedia
• Monty Python - The French Taunter - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - YouTube
• Native and introduced squirrels in Italy host different Cryptosporidium spp. - ScienceDirect
• A Peek into the Bacterial Microbiome of the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
• What Diseases Can Squirrels Carry? - Varmint Gone
• All About Squirrels: 6 Common Questions - Waltham Pest Services
• Bucknell University EHS/Risk Compliance Guide Eastern Grey Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating ant yogurt.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Rob Dunn | Applied Ecology
• Making yogurt with the ant holobiont uncovers bacteria, acids, and enzymes for food fermentation: iScience
• Ant Yogurt Is a Traditional Recipe That Crawls on 6 Legs - The New York Times

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Super Greens recalled for Salmonella contamination.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Actual distribution of Cronobacter spp. in industrial batches of powdered infant formula and consequences for performance of sampling strategies - ScienceDirect
• Superfoods Inc. dba Live it Up. Recalls Live it Up Super Greens Because of Possible Health Risk | FDA
• Survival of Salmonella enterica in Military Low-Moisture Food Products during Long-Term Storage at 4, 25, and 40°C - ScienceDirect
• Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Moringa Leaf Powder | Salmonella Infection | CDC
• Models for factors influencing pathogen survival in low water activity foods from literature data are highly significant but show large unexplained variance - ScienceDirect
• Live it Up | Natural Nutrition That Fits Your Life
• What kind of probiotics are in Super Greens?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating apparently untouched leftovers from a previous patron at an outdoor restaurant.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• An Outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning in a commercially catered buffet | Communicable Diseases Intelligence
• An Outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to a buffet lunch served at a Canberra restaurant | Communicable Diseases Intelligence
• A cohort study investigating a point source outbreak of Clostridium perfringens associated with consumption of roasted meat and gravy at a buffet on Mothering Sunday 2018, South West, England - ScienceDirect
• Mothering Sunday - Wikipedia
• Bank of Canada unveils new vertical $20 bill featuring King Charles | CBC News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a tissue used for a dog (but not for a big snot glob).

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Bacterial microbiome of the nose of healthy dogs and dogs with nasal disease | PLOS One
• The Surprising Reason Your Nose Runs When You Eat | Banner
• Is Kennel Cough Contagious to Humans: Symptoms and Treatment
• Review of bacterial and viral zoonotic infections transmitted by dogs - PMC
• About Dog Flu | Influenza in Animals | CDC
• Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (Official Music Video) - YouTube
• Enteric Campylobacteriosis in Animals - Digestive System - Merck Veterinary Manual

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from reheating milk from Nespresso Aeroccino left in the refrigerator for a few days.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Amazon.com: TASSIMO Single Serve Coffeemaker, T45: Single Serve Brewing Machines: Home & Kitchen
• Nespresso Aeroccino Milk Frother Black : Target
• Amazon.com: Baratza Virtuoso - Conical Burr Coffee Grinder : Home & Kitchen
• Development of Molecular Typing Methods for Bacillus spp. and Paenibacillus spp. Isolated from Fluid Milk Products - Durak - 2006 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
• Ebay - Nespresso Aeroccino 3 Milk Frother Black Model 3594 - Open Box
• Tyndallization - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Casey's* Leftover Tailgate Mac and Cheese.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Food Safety Talk 254: Bridge-Tunnel-Bridge-Tunnel — Food Safety Talk
• Accidental Tech Podcast
• Is you taking notes? 😂 (The Wire) #stringerbell #thewire #youtubeshorts - YouTube
• Emetic food poisoning caused by Bacillus cereus - PubMed
• https://www.co.monmouth.nj.us/documents/118/TimeasaPublicHealthControlApplication1.pdf
• Cheese sauce linked to Clostridium perfringens outbreak | Food Safety News
• The Worst Person in the World - Wikipedia

* who the hell is that guy in the middle of the image? No seriously, that's not Casey. I mean, the other two are recognizable as vaguely Marco and vaguely John, but that guy in the middle?