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Food Safety Talk

Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.

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Food Safety Talk 323: If It's Wet, And It Isn't Yours, Don't Touch It (Live From CFP 2025) May 15, 2025

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In this very special episode, Ben and Don take the stage to moderate a powerhouse panel on the evolution of retail food safety, featuring Jill Hollingsworth (Ecolab), Cory Hedman (Meijer), Laurie Farmer (FDA), and Carrie Pohjola (Wisconsin DATCP). The discussion opens with how the role of inspectors has changed, particularly around cultural competency, language barriers, and the shift toward risk-based inspections. Panelists share how both regulators and industry are using technology to improve inspections and modernize approaches without losing what still works in analog. They tackle big questions about industry-regulator partnerships and touch on a unified federal food safety agency. From there, the conversation turns personal: panelists reflect on crisis moments in their careers what they learned, and what they'd do differently now. In a rapid fire round of questions they also reveal the outbreak that shaped their careers, their first and last concerts, their favorite part of the Food Code and aspirational food safety tattoos.

Food Safety Talk 322: I'm Also Not A Food Scientist May 02, 2025

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Federal Liability Protection For Food Donation LEGAL FACT SHEET

Food Law & Policy Focus Areas and Projects - Center For Health Law and Policy Innovation

Let’s Free Food

CFP Issues Council I 2025

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Council I Issues Packet

Rutgers Cooperative Extension Personnel Directory (Rutgers NJAES) Sara Elnakib

Sara Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RD | LinkedIn

Home - mealrecoverycoalition.org

Evaluating North Carolina Food Pantry Food Safety-Related Operating Procedures - PubMed

Five Strategies For Reducing Greenhouse Gases Through Food Waste Reduction

Food Safety Talk 255: Crunchy Granola Hippie Town — Food Safety Talk

87. 27 Lbs of Unrefrigerated Feta Cheese — Risky or Not?

Can infant formula and baby food be used after the date expires?

About Pack Essentials | Pack Essentials

College and University Food Insecurity

Food Waste Solutions & Statistics - Reducing Food Waste in the U.S.

Quantitative microbiological spoilage risk assessment (QMSRA) of fresh poultry fillets during storage at retail - ScienceDirect

FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov

AmpleHarvest.org | Share your harvest with local pantries

Eat or Toss? Is it OK to eat?

Gleaning - Wikipedia

America’s Grow-a-Row | Help Feed The Hungry

Farmers Against Hunger - New Jersey Agricultural Society

Save Good Food From Going To Waste | Too Good To Go

Olio - Your Local Sharing App

Food Safety Talk 179: My Oven is 1200 W — Food Safety Talk

Durham Community Fridges Operate With a Spirit of Abundance

Reduced Food Waste | Project Drawdown

‘Sludge’: Short film on Maine’s PFAS crisis selected for local film festival - YouTube

Webinar from Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 — NJ Association for Food Protection

Faculty: Troy A. Roepke: Animal Sciences at Rutgers SEBS

Time and temperature abuse of milk in conditions representing a school cafeteria share table does not meaningfully reduce microbial quality - ScienceDirect

Food Safety Talk 321: My Favorite Marsden Apr 09, 2025

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Best Treadmills for Home Fitness | LifeSpan Fitness – LifeSpanFitness

Walking to work: NextDesks and LifeSpan treadmill - BrettTerpstra.com

Announcement: Jim Oehmke is Chair of DAFRE and Director of Economic Development : Newsroom

Rutgers Cooperative Extension Personnel Directory (Rutgers NJAES)

Snoop Buys a Nail Gun – Best Scene from “The Wire” : r/videos

A Real Pain | Rotten Tomatoes

Paradise (2025 TV series) - Wikipedia

James Marsden - Wikipedia

He mean Lexus, but he ain’t know it. Snoop Pearson - YouTube

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Somebody Somewhere (TV series) - Wikipedia

Fred Rococo Appreciation Post : r/somebodysomewhere

Kim Philby - Wikipedia

A Spy Among Friends - Wikipedia

Anna Maxwell Martin - Wikipedia

Deborah Talkington Obituary (1954 - 2016) - Thomson, GA - The Augusta Chronicle

All Creatures Great and Small | Masterpiece | Official Site | PBS

129th AFDO Annual Educational Conference – Association of Food and Drug Officials

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Apparently, Nebraska is saying the state will be bankrupt in six months… so here’s my advice to fix their economy: First, they need to give up their Starbucks coffee and avocado toast—clearly, that’s what’s tanking their finances. Then, they just need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. No handouts here, Nebraska! No more ⚪️ tears. Time to hustle and make Amerikkka great again.

Review of the Boar’s Head Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak - January 2025 | Food Safety and Inspection Service

FDA layoffs spark concerns over nation’s food safety - Marketplace

FDA, NC State, NASDA launch public health food inspections course | Food Safety News

NC State partners with the FDA to launch new public health inspection course

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Nutritional Shakes Served at Healthcare Facilities Causes 12 Deaths | Food Safety

CDC warns of Listeria outbreak linked to supplement shakes distributed in long-term care facilities | CDC Newsroom

When People Got Sick: Listeria Outbreak, Supplement Shakes, February 2025 | Listeria Infection | CDC

Captain Canuck - Wikipedia

Florian Krammer on X: “Weird. I can access NCBI/Pubmed (from NYC). A friend of mine who is currently in France can as well (but has a US phone). But several of my Austrian colleagues have no access. What is going on here?” / X

Does Salt Expire?

How to Defrost Chicken

Food Safety Myths You Need To Stop Believing, According To An Expert

Mendocino Food Consulting

150 Food Science Questions Answered: Cook Smarter, Cook Better: Le, Bryan: 9781646118335: Amazon.com: Books

Quantification of Transfer of Salmonella from Citrus Fruits to Peel, Edible Portion, and Gloved Hands during Hand Peeling - ScienceDirect

Saratoga Springs - Google Maps

Food Safety Talk 320: Fair Weather Runner Mar 14, 2025

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Decoding the Gurus

George Stroumboulopoulos - Wikipedia

Decoding Academia 32: Do Babies REALLY like good guys? - Decoding the Gurus

Don Schaffner 🦠 on X: “Re: DTG decoding academia 32… The snakes are more at risk from the babies? Microbiologists might disagree Matt 😆@ArthurCDent https://t.co/YtRr6sf1uA” / X

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735. Armpit Riceballs — Risky or Not?

Hairy Man Rice Balls

Trump Goads ‘51st State’ Canada Ahead Of Hockey Grudge Match - Barron’s

Miracle on Ice - Wikipedia

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Home | Big Ten Academic Alliance

About Us – Center for Risk Communication

Communicating in Risk, Crisis, and High Stress Situations: Evidence-Based Strategies and Practice (IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series): Covello, Vincent T.: 9781119027430: Amazon.com: Books

Peter Sandman website: Home page

FDA layoffs spark concerns over nation’s food safety - Marketplace

My Mother Died From Eating Boar’s Head Liverwurst

Consumer, Industry and Public Health Groups’ Statement on FDA Staff Reductions at the Agency’s Food Safety Program | Marler Blog

Food Recalls & Supply Safety – New York Institute of Food Technologists (NYIFT)

Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. | U.S. GAO

Are food recalls rising? Despite concern, the number is dropping. - The Washington Post

Understanding FSIS Food Recalls | Food Safety and Inspection Service

NORS Data | NORS | CDC

BEAM Dashboard | CDC

Going Public: Early Disclosure of Food Risks for the Benefit of Public Health - PubMed

Food Safety Talk 319: I'm Feeling Botchy Today Feb 27, 2025

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The Bug - YouTube

Dire Straits - The Bug (Official Music Video) - YouTube

Food Safety Talk 318: Head Grime And The Lice — Food Safety Talk

Recognizing Botulism: New Insights from Old Narratives: Talkington, Dr. J.A., Cook, Cherity, Eldridge, Makenzie: 9781952966170: Amazon.com: Books

Peoria’s resident botulism historian is out with a new book on the rare illness | WCBU Peoria

Jane Talkington | Staff | About | Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Academics | Bradley University

Historical Newspapers from the 1700’s-2000s

Municipality of Port Hope

Unit 731 - Wikipedia

Vichyssoise: A sad food safety story - Produce Blue Book

Foodborne Botulism – Illinois

Botulism Outbreak Lawsuits | Marler Clark

Botulism Victim Settles With Castleberry After… | Marler Clark

Turn back the clock to 1977 botulism outbreak: Improper processing of canned foods can be deadly | barfblog

Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Bacteria. Isn’t It Time that We Called a Species a Species? - PMC

NOTES ON BACILLUS BOTULINUS | Journal of Bacteriology

Foodborne Botulism Outbreak Associated With Commercial Nacho Cheese Sauce From a Gas Station Market - PubMed

Notes from the Field: Large Outbreak of Botulism Associated with a Church Potluck Meal — Ohio, 2015

Jane Talkington, PhD | Patreon

The International Outbreak Museum |

Canned Ripe California Olives Spread Botulism in 1919 | Food Safety News

Foodborne Illness - Causes, Symptoms and Prevention | STOP

Stop Foodborne Illness Announces Sandra Eskin as New CEO

The recent outbreak of Iatrogenic botulism: point of view from the present world: editorial - PMC

Ptomaine poisoning - The Lancet

Laboratory Diagnostics of Botulism - PMC

Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens - PMC

A Fallen Marionette: I Was A Prisoner Inside My Own Body: Walsh, Geo: 9781723815560: Amazon.com: Books

William Schaffner, MD – NFID

Food Safety Talk 318: Head Grime And The Lice Dec 22, 2024

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Levelator - Wikipedia

Here Come The Warm Jets (2004 Digital Remaster) - YouTube

Ambient 1: Music for Airports - Wikipedia

What is a Garden Tub? The 2024 Garden Tub Guide | Badeloft

One Piece at a Time - Wikipedia

Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time (Official Audio) - YouTube

“Green Eggs and Ham” (by Doctor Seuss)

Publisher’s Platform: Have I missed any outbreaks over the last few months? | Food Safety News

Active Investigations of Multistate Foodborne Outbreaks | Foodborne outbreaks | CDC

BEAM Dashboard | CDC

Are food recalls rising? Despite concern, the number is dropping. - The Washington Post

An Analysis of Food Recalls in the United States, 2002–2023 - ScienceDirect

Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts | FDA

Enforcement Report

Hanna Raskin | LinkedIn

The Food Section

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Date Labels and the New California Law - National Agricultural Law Center

California Passes Game-Changing, First-In-The-Nation Law To Standardize Date Labels

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Jimmy Buffett - Wikipedia

Jimmy Buffett Says “Come Monday” Saved His Life | Letterman - YouTube

Application of Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) to food spoilage: Principles and methodology - ScienceDirect

M&S removes use-by dates from milk to reduce waste | Retail industry | The Guardian

Analysis of Outbreak Data Reveals Factors Contributing to Salmonellosis Outbreaks Linked to Cantaloupes - ScienceDirect

A Binational Sample-Initiated Retrospective Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes Infections in the United States and Canada Linked to Enoki Mushrooms Imported from China 2022–2023 - ScienceDirect

Hot pot - Wikipedia

Microbiological Quality of Plant-based Meat-alternative Products Collected at Retail Level in Switzerland - ScienceDirect

Investigation of Adverse Event Reports: French Lentil & Leek Crumbles (June 2022) | FDA

Will I Have Diarrhea? A Flow Chart - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Food Safety Talk 317: Golf Cart Grocery Store Nov 26, 2024

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HAPPY DAYS - “Fonzie Moves in Over the Cunninghams Garage” - The Fonz - YouTube

Inside Trader Joe’s Podcast

Our Food Keeps Getting Recalled. Here’s What to Do. - Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta - Podcast on CNN Audio

Our Food Keeps Getting Recalled. Here’s What to Do. - YouTube

Food safety concerns rise ahead of Thanksgiving after recent outbreaks - Good Morning America

McDonalds Food Safety

Food science expert shares tips to avoid eating contaminated food | Morning in America

Morning in America - Wikipedia

TV giant known for rightwing disinformation doubles down on its national news agenda | US news | The Guardian

‪WD Hueston‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬

Advancing Food Animal Innovation and Talent Development Grants | North Carolina Food Animal Initiative

About the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) | NORS | CDC

BEAM Dashboard | CDC

Joe Rogan: Just an average Joe? - Decoding the Gurus

Mark Robinson, NC GOP nominee for governor, called himself a ‘black NAZI!,’ supported slavery in past comments made on porn forum | CNN Politics

Opinion | How to Talk About Fluoride, Vaccines and Raw Milk - The New York Times

Opinion | What R.F.K. Jr. Might Do on Vaccines - The New York Times

Robert Califf - Wikipedia

Michael C. Rogers, M.S., Associate Commissioner for Inspections and Investigations (ACII) | FDA

Joe Reardon - NASDA

Dr. Lynette Johnston - Assistant Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist

AFDO team – Association of Food and Drug Officials

Timothy D. Lytton - College of Law

International Food Information Council

Science-Based Information on Health, Nutrition, Food Safety, and Agriculture

What’s Going on With All of These Food Recalls? - The New York Times

696. Thawing a Turkey in the Garage — Risky or Not?

We Who Wrestle with God by Jordan Peterson review — rambling, hectoring and mad

Bird flu detected in raw milk sold in California, health officials say

California Acts to Protect Public Health: CDPH Warns Against Drinking Single Lot of Raw Milk Following Bird Flu Detection; Secures Voluntary Recall

Researcher Warns Pet Cats Risk Getting Bird Flu and Possibly Infecting People | University of Maryland | School of Public Health

AirPods Max - Apple

Discover the World’s First Temperature Control Mug®| Ember®

Hologram – Counter Culture Coffee

Beastie Boys - Body Movin’ - YouTube

Food Safety Talk 316: Vibing And Thriving Nov 25, 2024

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676. Drinking Beer When the Bottle Has Been in Contact With the Beer — Risky or Not?

Somm.ai - On-Premise Intelligence

Food Tech Talk Podcast | Trustwell

Home - FoodSafetyTech

Partners | Trustwell

The Future of Digital Food Safety Management with Eric Moore | Trustwell

Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) - YouTube

Warren Zevon – Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

688. Eating Slivered Onions Today — Risky or Not?

The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak - The Atlantic

Investigation Update: E. coli Outbreak, Onions Served at McDonald’s - October 30, 2024 | E. coli infection | CDC

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history | Food Safety News

Hemorrhagic Colitis Associated With a Rare Escherichia coli Serotype

Publications on the Microbial Safety of Onions

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

Water Application Method Influences Survival or Growth of Escherichia coli on Bulb Onions during Field Curing - ScienceDirect

Joy Waite-Cusic | College of Agricultural Sciences

Person accidentally poisoned 46 coworkers with toxin-loaded homemade lunch

MDH: Staph food poisoning responsible for 46 illnesses in Jessup

Staph food poisoning blamed for 46 illnesses at Jessup seafood distributor, health officials say - CBS Baltimore

9 heists, $1,000 worth: Ontario’s butter bandits mystery

How a pizzeria mistakenly sold THC-laced pizza - The Washington Post

Raleigh - Wake n Bakery

FAQ’s - Wake n Bakery

A loophole in federal marijuana law has led to the creation of new THC product : NPR

Congress Accidentally Legalized Weed Six Years Ago - The Atlantic

Food Safety Talk 315: We're On Nicki Time Today Nov 20, 2024

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Everything Everywhere All at Once - Wikipedia

Code-switching - Wikipedia

TIL Canadians say “Pencil Crayons” instead of “Colored Pencils” like Americans : r/todayilearned

List of North Carolina hurricanes - Wikipedia

Food Safety Talk 312: 37 Things Are Not Going To Happen On Thursday — Food Safety Talk

About Kourosh | Kourosh Dini

Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) - Board Of Directors Nominations & Applications

International Food Information Council

flood.nc - North Carolina’s Flood Information Center

220/221 Volts Whatever it takes? - YouTube

Google News - Search, Asheville NC

They came to Asheville looking for a ‘climate haven.’ Then came Hurricane Helene : NPR

Live updates: Hurricane Milton’s storms arrive in Florida | CNN

Hurricanes: Preparedness and Recovery | NC State Extension

Nicki Minaj - Wikipedia

Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun - YouTube

M. Ward - Wikipedia

She & Him - Official Site

Zooey Deschanel - Wikipedia

Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann

Small Entity Compliance Guide: Juice HACCP | FDA

What You Need to Know About Juice Safety | FDA

ADFO Apple Cider Processing Guidelines

Health departments warn consumers about apple cider safety this fall | Food Safety News

Trust in Government Assurance of Food Safety Hits Record Low

William K. Hallman, Ph.D. – Department of Human Ecology

Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens - PMC

Healthy People 2030 Framework - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov

Prevention of Foodborne Illness and Medical Product Adverse Events: A Healthy People 2020 Progress Review

Reduce infections caused by Listeria — Data - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov

Reduce infections caused by Salmonella — Data - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov

Reduce infections caused by Campylobacter — Data - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov

Reduce infections caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli — Data - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov

Associations between governor political affiliation and COVID-19 cases, deaths, and testing in the United States - PMC

Food Safety Talk 314: They Don't Let Just Anybody In Nov 04, 2024

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National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods - Wikipedia

United States Department of Agriculture South Building - Wikipedia

Jamie L. Whitten Building - Wikipedia

Damn, Poisoned won the Emmy | Marler Blog

Food Safety Talk 282: The Fabulous Ms. Mertzel — Food Safety Talk

Governor Cooper Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Hurricane Helene | NC Gov. Cooper

Front Matter | The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data | The National Academies Press

Conference for Food Protection

Home - Cards Against Humanity

About - Cards Against Humanity

Diet Mountain Dew - Wikipedia

Food Safety Talk 185: Hot Diapers — Food Safety Talk

Ludwig (TV series) - Wikipedia

Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89 | AP News

Watch the Football! ⚽ | That Mitchell and Webb Look - BBC - YouTube

Katie Swanson | LinkedIn

Evaluation and Definition of Potentially Hazardous Foods

2023-2025 National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) | Food Safety and Inspection Service

Merlin Mann - Who moved my brain? - YouTube

Microbiological survey and genomic analysis of Cronobacter sakazakii strains isolated from US households and retail foods | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Challenges in Supply, Market Competition, and Regulation of Infant Formula in the United States | The National Academies Press

eCFR :: 21 CFR Part 107 Subpart B – Labeling

Listeria outbreak: Boar’s Head closing Virginia plant | AP News

Microbiological quality of flour products in the UK with respect to Salmonella and Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli | Journal of Applied Microbiology | Oxford Academic

How To Make Liverwurst - Step-By-Step Guide & 5 Recipes

US2860992A - Process of manufacturing liver sausage - Google Patents

Deviled Ham Spread - Underwood Spreads

Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Eggs | CDC

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Eggs (Sept 2024) | FDA

North Carolina salmonella outbreak leads to largest egg recall in nearly a decade

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