Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of brining meat in a refrigerator drawer without secondary containment.

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

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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing food in a refrigerator that keeps food at 42-45 °F.

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

• Changes to Cold Holding Temperatures and Date Marking- North Carolina Public Health
• The “Danger Zone” Reevaluated | Food Safety
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• Parameters for Determining Inoculated Pack/Challenge Study Protocols - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a netipot with tap water.

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

• Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn’t use tap water to clean your sinuses | Ars Technica
• Early Release - Acanthamoeba Infection and Nasal Rinsing, United States, 1994–2022 - Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
• Neti pot: Can it clear my nose? - Mayo Clinic
• Amazon.com: Ceramic Neti Pot for Nasal Sinus Cleansing Wash Irrigation Relief - Microwave and Dishwasher Safe - Petite : Health & Household
• Can Expired Pancake Mix Kill You? | POPSUGAR Food
• An unusual case of anaphylaxis. Mold in pancake mix - PubMed
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of homemade cashew cheese.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• U.S. Consumer Practices of Homemade Nut-based Dairy Analogs and Soaked Nuts - ScienceDirect
• Go-to Cashew Cheese Recipe | The Full Helping
• Outbreak of S. Weltevreden linked to fermented cashew nut cheese in Victoria, BC
• Weltevreden (How to Pronounce Cities of the World)💬⭐🌍✅ - YouTube
• A Review of Outbreak Investigations of Salmonella Infections Associated with Cashews and Cashew-Containing Food Products in the U.S. | Food Safety
• Food Safety Implications of Online Recipes for Preparing Soaked Nuts and Nut-Based Dairy Analogs. | Food Protection Trends | EBSCOhost
• Fermentation of Aqueous Plant Seed Extracts by Lactic Acid Bacteria | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• ‎Safety of fermented foods. Assessing risks in fermented food processing practices and advice on how to mitigate them. Section 3.7 Plant-based cheese. Environmental Health Services, BC Centre for Disease Control.

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming groceries stored in a car trunk in the winter for about four and a half hours.

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

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• Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Post-lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products | Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Using car trunk as freezer during winter. : r/Frugal
• Will meat remain safe in my trunk?
• Do not leave these 8 things in your car during cold weather in winter
• A Spring Spent Inside A Car Trunk: Tracking Temperature for 3 Months in the Midwest
• Fav Jim Dickskin bit? : r/Letterkenny
• Jim Dickens | Letterkenny Wiki | Fandom
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Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating out of date sushi from a refrigerator that was unplugged for about seven hours.

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

• Bug Juice Fruit Punch - The Nerdy Gourmet
• Bug Juice Drink Recipe - Punch
• Histamine fish poisoning: a common but frequently misdiagnosed condition - PubMed
• Histamine - Wikipedia
• FDA Chapter 7: Scombrotoxin (Histamine) Formation
• Modelling the effect of temperature, carbon dioxide, water activity and pH on growth and histamine formation by Morganella psychrotolerans - ScienceDirect

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks posed by cooking with aluminium foil.

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

• Aluminum | Public Health Statement | ATSDR
• Leaching of aluminium from cookwares – a review | Environmental Geochemistry and Health
• The Effect of Cooking Conditions on Aluminum Concentrations of Seafood, Cooked in Aluminum Foil: Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology: Vol 29 , No 2
• Aluminum contamination of food during culinary preparation: Case study with aluminum foil and consumers’ preferences - PMC
• Karlovarský knedlík - Carlsbad dumpling - Czechology
• Mofongo [Recipe + Video] How to Make an Amazing Plantain Dish
• Traditional Puerto Rican Mofongo (25 Minutes!) | Salima’s Kitchen

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pickles from a vat that someone has dunked their head into.

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

• Glassboro police searching for man accused of dunking head in pickle jar at Heritage store - 6abc Philadelphia
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• Ordinance of the Borough of Mendham, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey, Amending the Borough Code to Permit Outdoor Dining and Outdoor Seating to Facilitate Small Business Recovery Needed in Light of the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency
• Mendham Borough, New Jersey - Wikipedia
• dc _ bathrooms (@dc_bathrooms) • Instagram photos and videos
• Official Website of the Borough of GlassboroOfficial Website of the Borough of Glassboro
• 582. Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar — Risky or Not?
• pickles - Risky or Not?

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking untreated lakewater from Switzerland.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• IAFP Post on LinkedIn
• European Symposium - International Association for Food Protection
• Jet d’Eau - Wikipedia
• National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NAWA)
• Increased Levels of Multiresistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes after Wastewater Treatment and Their Dissemination into Lake Geneva, Switzerland - PMC

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving boiled chunks of Yukon gold potatoes at room temperature overnight.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• J. Kenji López-Alt
• James Neal (ice hockey) - Wikipedia
• Last night I followed the beginning of my extra-crispy roast potato recipe (I boiled chunks of Yukon golds in water with salt and a pinch… | Instagram
• Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic
• Restaurant-Associated Type a Botulism: Transmission by Potato Salad | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic
• Combined effect of water activity and pH on inhibition of toxin production by Clostridium botulinum in cooked, vacuum-packed potatoes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Presence and Significance of Bacillus cereus in Dehydrated Potato Products - ScienceDirect
• Influence of temperature shifts on survival, growth, and toxin production by psychrotrophic and mesophilic strains of Bacillus cereus in potatoes and chicken gravy - ScienceDirect
• Presence and Growth of Bacillus cereus in Dehydrated Potato Flakes and Hot-Held, Ready-to-Eat Potato Products Purchased in New Zealand - ScienceDirect
• 154. Michael Scott Bacon Method — Risky or Not?