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Food Safety Talk 123: My mom was pissed Apr 04, 2017

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In this episode, Don and Ben talk about life hacks and things that might not be life hacks; Gwyneth Paltrow, cookbooks and Ben's recent media experiences (and the perils of emailing while sitting on the toilet). Also in this episode the guys breakdown STEC in soy nut butter and Dixie Dew's FDA 483 form plus a bonus on ROP cheeses.

Food Safety Talk 122: Isn't that Ampersand? Mar 24, 2017

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This episode opens with an interesting discovery about the messages app then quickly veers into popular culture, and almost as quickly back to food safety. Food safety talk on rice and Bacillus cereus is followed by a discussion of the Salmonella in truffle oil outbreak at Fig & Olive restaurants. The discussion then turns to recalls and when to go public. A recent Listeria recall linked to cheese made from pasteurize milk leads to talk about raw milk, followed by a brief segue into North Carolina life, and then on to a recent Lysol ad, and the five second rule. The show wraps up with a discussion of recipe safety, followed by what Ben thinks might be the best after dark ever. Show notes so you can follow along at home: Coolio- Gangster's Paradise Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise Dangerous Minds More Life by Drake TypeShift on the App Store @MerriamWebster Leftover Rice Could Make You Very Sick Prevalence, characterization and growth of Bacillus cereus in commercial cooked chilled foods containing vegetables Investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis Outbreak Associated with Truffle Oil — District of Columbia, 2015 Fig & Olive on barfblog Fig & Olive Settles Majority of Salmonella Poisoning Cases Going public: Why FDA doesn’t share retail outlet information (but should) Bill Hallman, Rutgers University Sargento Cheese Recalled - Colby Cheese Contaminated With Listeria Like Russian Roulette? Try Raw Milk David Gumpert Pod Save America NC woman’s wedding dress accidentally donated to Goodwill Dueling Banjos American Standard Toilet: VorMax “Splatter” Lysol Kitchen Pro TV Commercial, 'Five-Second Rule' - iSpot.tv Lysol and the FTC Yeast Waffles Recipe - Allrecipes.com Evaluating food safety risk messages in popular cookbooks The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right: Atul Gawande Steve Jobs "BOOM" complete compilation (1992-2010) - YouTube I Love LA, Randy Newman Recipes Just Got Safe with Our New Online Tool Page Not Found | FoodSafety.gov AirPods - Apple Aloksak Durable Film Bags

Food Safety Talk 121: Seesaws and slides Mar 11, 2017

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Don and Ben talk I.M. Healthy's soy nut butter-linked E. coli outbreak; social responsibility and food safety; and produce washing. The guys also discuss the particulars of goalie screening and Salmonella sticking around in the environment for months. Bonus: urinals. Show notes so you can follow along at home: David Brent: Life on the Road Legionella When I’m Sixty-Four Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina Rumi: Buy Afghan Saffron Kinesiology Tape and How it’s Used in Physical Therapy Screen Ryan Smyth Going Public: Early Disclosure of Food Risks for the Benefit of Public Health FDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to SoyNut Butter Multistate Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to I.M. Healthy Brand SoyNut Butter I.M. Healthy SoyNut butter website Research finds some E. coli survive cooking temperatures Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Soft Raw Milk Cheese Made by Vulto Creamery An Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Associated with Playground Sand in a Preschool Setting — Madrid, Spain One more look at lessons unlearned in raw burger outbreak The President and Safe Food McDonald’s Now Serving Chicken Raised Without Antibiotics — Mostly Pod Save America Is washing your produce a waste of time? Linda J. Harris Randy Worobo This Glass Toaster Costs $1,000—But It Can Cook Steak Bridge of Spies The Amazon reviews for a phone designed for rectal smuggling Facebook link to Steak in a Toaster

Food Safety Talk 120: It's "Sody Pops" Feb 27, 2017

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* [Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now)](http://www.43folders.com/2009/10/22/who-you-are) * [Dishwasher Detergent Soak Cleans Dishes Overnight](http://lifehacker.com/5385784/dishwasher-detergent-soak-cleans-dishes-overnight) * [Soda vs Pop vs. Coke: Who Says What, And Where?](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/soda-vs-pop_n_2103764.html) * [Soda Vs. Pop Map](http://www.businessinsider.com/soda-vs-pop-map-2012-7) * [The Pop Shoppe - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pop_Shoppe) * [Reese's Peanut Butter Cups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese's_Peanut_Butter_Cups) * [Gunga Galunga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkLH56VlKT0) * [SoftRound 24 Pack Foam Earbud Earpad Ear Bud Pad Replacement Sponge Covers](https://www.amazon.com/SoftRound-Earbud-Replacement-Headsets-T-017-24P/dp/B00DW1X5JC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1487872520&sr=8-2&keywords=ear+bud+replacement+pads) * [Ron Swanson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson) * [Tom Haverford](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Haverford) * [Girls (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)) * [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver) * [Always Be Closing - Glengarry Glen Ross Movie clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_t7GtXO6w) * [Fun Kee Jenkins on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fun-kee-jenkins-025446121/) * [Spicy In Means Spicy Out (pdf)](http://medcraveonline.com/JNHFE/JNHFE-05-00183.pdf) * [Librarian's list of 'predatory' journals reportedly removed due to 'threats and politics'](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-journals-reportedly-removed-due-threats-and-politics) * [Impact factor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor) * [h-index](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index) * [Family finds live chicken in washroom at Cobourg McDonald's](http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/7152005-family-finds-live-chicken-in-washroom-at-cobourg-mcdonald-s/) * [@MCBazacoPhD onTwitter](https://twitter.com/MCBazacoPhD) * [GOOGLE "blacklists" Natural News](https://investmentwatchblog.com/google-blacklists-natural-news-removes-140000-pages-from-its-index-memory-holes-natural-news-investigative-articles-on-vaccines-pharma-corruption-fraudulent-scie/) * [xkcd: Duty Calls](https://xkcd.com/386/) * [Morgan Hill Restaurant Fined $120K For Serving Tilapia As Petrale Sole](http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/16/morgan-hill-restaurant-fish-false-advertising-petrale-sole-tilapia/) * [Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.WK8slhiZMUE) * [Andrew Schneider, great journalist and great guy, passes](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/02/137580/#.WK8ssRiZMUE) * [Canadians concerned about food fraud](https://www.dal.ca/news/2017/02/21/canadians-concerned-about-food-fraud.html) * [Yeah, well that's just your opinion man. (Big Lebowski)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVCtkzIXYzQ) * [Presser - Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/presser) * [Melissa McCarthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy) * [MDA issues consumer advisory for Dukarani Food Processing products](http://www.mda.state.mn.us/news/releases/2017/nr20170216dukarani.aspx) * [BeFoodSafe.ca](http://befoodsafe.ca/) * [David Simon (@AoDespair) on Twitter](https://twitter.com/AoDespair)

Food Safety Talk 119: It’s Purple, I Visited It Feb 08, 2017

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• Super Bowl LI • Hunt for the Wilderpeople • The Castle • Love It or List It • Portlandia (season 7) • Sean Spicer Press Conference (Melissa McCarthy) • Pod Save the World • Woman, prosecuted for ceviche sales on Facebook, settles with DA | Ars Technica • Woman, prosecuted for selling $12 of ceviche on Facebook, now faces trial | Ars Technica • Conference Agenda | CFSEC 2017 • Iowa cookie dough supplier shuts down after listeria outbreak • FDA Warning Letter 2017 > Aspen Hills, Inc. 1/10/17 • cookiedough.com - by Aspen Hills, Inc., Garner - Iowa • Watch: Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show reminded America she’s a star - Vox • Verizon FiOS rolls out 500/100 Mbps broadband, its highest speed tier yet

Food Safety Talk 118: Hand Size Matters Jan 24, 2017

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This episode has you covered from the top of your head to the tips of your lucky socks. Ben and Don dig into some 1980's culture and shoot forward into the food on the future, and then back again. It's a food (and pet) safety grab bag covering pineapple safety, hand sizes and hand sanitizers, safe raw cookie dough, rats, turtles, milk from camels, microgreens and toilet history. Here are some links so you can follow along at home. * [Socks](https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=socks&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=172784669649&hvpos=1t3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15289779452546695849&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003676&hvtargid=kwd-19345770&ref=pd_sl_6e22knv3yz_e) * [Miami Vice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Vice) * [eero - WiFi](https://eero.com/) * [Dippin' Dots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippin'_Dots) * [Sean Spicer's Dippin' Dots Tweets Put Press Secretary On The Spot : NPR](http://www.npr.org/2017/01/23/511278562/dippin-dots-beef-puts-white-house-press-secretary-on-the-spot) * [Dippin' Dots open lettr](https://www.dippindots.com/news/2017/01/Open-Letter-to-Sean-Spicer.html) * [Say Anything... ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Anything...) * [Ill Communication by Beastie Boys on Apple Music](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sure-shot/id724771323?i=724771816) * [Pod Save America](https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323#.neujn6xky) * [sciencecafes.org](http://www.sciencecafes.org/) * [Science Cafe: You cannot B. cereus: Microbial food safety in the modern world](http://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/science-cafe-you-cannot-b-cereus-microbial-food-safety-in-the-modern-world/) * [Lunds & Byerlys Pulls 'Fresh-Cut Cored Pineapple' after Voluntary Recall | KSTP.com](http://kstp.com/news/lunds-and-byerlys-recalls-pineapple-listeria-risk-no-illnesses/4376206/) * [Growth Potential of Listeria Monocytogenes and Staphylococcus Aureus on Fresh-Cut Tropical Fruits](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1750-3841.13089/abstract) * [USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump](https://www.buzzfeed.com/dinograndoni/trump-usda?utm_term=.we0GMyOvZ#.jdxNq6PR8) * [You Aren't Using Enough Hand Sanitizer](http://www.acsh.org/news/2017/01/10/you-arent-using-enough-hand-sanitizer-10717) * [Hand coverage by alcohol-based handrub varies: Volume and hand size matter](http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(16)30690-3/abstract) * [Gorge On Cookie Dough In All Its Forms At This NYC Eatery](http://www.konbini.com/us/lifestyle/gorge-on-raw-cookie-dough-cookie-do-nyc/) * [Spaceballs (1987)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/) * [Not Even Scientists Can Easily Explain P-values](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/not-even-scientists-can-easily-explain-p-values/) * [CDC: Pet rats linked to virus outbreak](http://www.ksat.com/health/cdc-pet-rats-linked-to-virus-outbreak) * [FDA Bets It Will Escape Coming Political Hurricane, Targets Raw Camel Milk](http://www.davidgumpert.com/3010-2) * [FDA Compliance & Enforcement on Salmonella and Turtle Safety](http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/GuidanceComplianceEnforcement/ComplianceEnforcement/ucm090573.htm) [NC rule on pet turtles](http://cph.publichealth.nc.gov/Rules/EpiHealth/10A-NCAC-41A-.0302.pdf) * [The History of 'Toilet' on Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-history-of-toilet) * [Microgreens, Elevator, This Old House](https://www.thisoldhouse.com/watch/ask-toh-microgreens-elevator)

Food Safety Talk 117: Clean Out The Air Jan 14, 2017

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Food Safety Talk 116: Amusing My Bouche Jan 04, 2017

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* [Labatts](http://www.labattus.com/) * [Philips goLITE](http://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/HF3332_60/golite-blu-energy-light) * [North Carolina is no longer a democracy](http://andrewgelman.com/2017/01/02/about-that-bogus-claim-that-north-carolina-is-no-longer-a-democracy/) * [QDOBA Mexican Eats](https://www.qdoba.com/) * [How to Start Listening to "Hamilton" via kung fu grippe](http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/154553607289/hamilton) * [AirPods - Apple](http://www.apple.com/airpods/) * [SONY MDR-7506 Headphones Replacement Ear Pad](https://www.amazon.com/MDR-7506-MDR-CD900ST-Headphones-Replacement-Cushion/dp/B00SIK5TQO/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483472803&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=sony+headphones+cushions+mdr+7506) * [Westworld (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)) * [James Marsden - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marsden) * [The Hilarious World of Depression by American Public Media on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hilarious-world-depression/id1181589175?mt=2) * [Carrie Fisher](http://carriefisher.com/) * [All the news just repeats itself: Restaurant disclosure proposed for France on barfblog](http://barfblog.com/2016/12/all-the-news-just-repeats-itself-restaurant-disclosure-proposed-for-france/) * [Wendy's Put a Troll on Ice With 2017's Best Tweet So Far](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/wendys-put-troll-ice-2017s-best-tweet-so-far-175334) * [Safety? Food on iPads on barfblog](http://barfblog.com/2016/12/safety-food-on-ipads/) * [We Want Plates](http://wewantplates.com/) * [Carol Wallace, University of Central Lancashire](http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/carol_wallace.php) * [CSPI petitions undetectable limit of Vibrio vulnificus in molluscan shellfish, FDA says no | barfblog](http://barfblog.com/2016/12/cspi-petitions-undetectable-limit-of-vibrio-vulnificus-in-molluscan-shellfish-fda-says-no/) * [FDA vibrio petition denial](https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/FDA%20vibrio%20petition%20denial.pdf) * [Food Safety Talk 115: Features Chico Marx](http://foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2016/12/19/food-safety-talk-115-features-groucho-marx) * [Cause of Contra Costa County Thanksgiving Foodborne Illness Outbreak Identified](http://cchealth.org/press-releases/2016/1220-Cause-Thanksgiving-Incident.php) * [Dan Letendre on Twitter](https://twitter.com/LetendreDan/status/816386437813850112) * [Top 10 Food Poisoning Stories of 2016](https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2017/top-10-food-poisoning-stories-of-2016/) * [UK's raw milk vending machine outbreak expands; 56 sick](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/01/uks-raw-milk-vending-machine-outbreak-expands-56-sick/#.WGwRlbGZMUE) * [Raw milk advocates make the most of anti-reg mood in U.S.](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/12/raw-milk-advocates-make-the-most-of-anti-reg-mood-in-u-s/#.WGwRxrGZMUF) * [Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk from South Carolina](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/07/eight-sick-in-nc-outbreak-linked-to-sc-raw-milk/#.WGwUQ7GZMUF) * [Blue Bell asks FDA if it can return testing to 'industry norm'](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/12/blue-bell-asks-fda-if-it-can-return-testing-to-industry-norm/#.WGwTTLGZMUE) * [More on Modernist Cuisine and bad microbial food safety; Colbert, careful of Clostridium in the pastrami](http://barfblog.com/2011/03/more-on-modernist-cuisine-and-bad-microbial-food-safety-colbert-careful-of-clostridium-in-the-pastrami/) * [Feds waited 8 months to reveal cucumber Salmonella outbreak](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/12/feds-waited-8-months-to-reveal-cucumber-salmonella-outbreak/#.WGwVVrGZMUE) * [Beth McCoy at SUNY Geneseo](https://www.geneseo.edu/abs/mccoy) * [People I Follow by The MESH on iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/people-i-follow/id873082994?mt=2)

Food Safety Talk 115: Features Chico Marx Dec 19, 2016

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It’s the super happy holiday version of Food Safety Talk. Don and Ben chat about Christmas movies, gambling as children and other holiday traditions. Making appearances in the guys' discussion Twitter and posting great questions of regulators about poor recall notices; cooling and holding cous cous and regulatory interpretations of time as a public health control; norovirus outbreaks at schools; and, Chipotle’s food safety culture.

Food Safety Talk 114: Food of the Future! Dec 09, 2016

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The recording starts as Ben answers the call in video mode, but things soon get back on track. * [Ingrid Michaelson](http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/) * [Koan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dan) * [Baratza Grinders](https://www.youtube.com/user/Baratzallc1?app=desktop) * [LMGTFY](http://lmgtfy.com/) * [The Crown (TV Series) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/) * [Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV Mini-Series 2016) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5435008/) * [Dan Letendre on Twitter](https://twitter.com/LetendreDan/status/805838905694109696) * [But What If We're Wrong?: by Chuck Klosterman](https://www.amazon.com/But-What-If-Were-Wrong/dp/0399184120) * [Fear Agent - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_Agent) * [Big Hero 6 (2014) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/) * [Food porn: People want rare hamburgers yet aren't informed of risks | barfblog](http://barfblog.com/2016/12/food-porn-people-want-rare-hamburgers-yet-arent-informed-of-risks/) * [Craig Ferguson on Keith Richards and The Rolling Stones - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tCMfzuLyc) * [Matt Shipman (@ShipLives) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/shiplives?lang=en) * [Don't Trust Your Waiter for Food Safety Advice, NC State News](https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/12/waiter-food-safety-2016/) * [More illnesses tied to Antioch Thanksgiving meal](http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/11/29/antioch-elder-victims-of-suspected-food-borne-illness-came-from-separate-care-homes/#) * [Church dinner at Legion post on Thanksgiving ends in tragedy | Food Safety News](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2016/11/church-dinner-at-legion-post-on-thanksgiving-ends-in-tragedy/) * [Cooking for Crowds Curriculum - Instructor Materials, Penn State Extension](http://extension.psu.edu/food/safety/educators/cooking-for-crowds) * [Not the 4-H: 21 confirmed sick with Salmonella in 8 US states from contact with dairy bull calves | barfblog](http://barfblog.com/2016/11/not-the-4-h-21-confirmed-sick-with-salmonella-in-8-us-states-from-contact-with-dairy-bull-calves/) * [Prevalence and Level of Listeria monocytogenes in Ice Cream](http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iafp/jfp/2016/00000079/00000011/art00001) * [Infectious Dose of Listeria monocytogenes in Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream, United States, 2015](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0165_article) * [Recovery and Growth Potential of Listeria monocytogenes in Temperature Abused Milkshakes Prepared from Naturally Contaminated Ice Cream...](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=27242775&dopt=Abstract) * [Salmonella Enteritidis Infections Associated with a Contaminated Immersion Blender at a Camp](http://opensample.info/salmonella-enteritidis-infections-associated-with-a-contaminated-immersion-blender-at-a-camp) * [Older Adults and Food Poisoning](http://www.eatright.org/resource/homefoodsafety/safety-tips/food-poisoning/older-adults-and-food-poisoning) * [Nutrition Tips to Keep the Immune System Strong for People with HIV-AIDS](http://www.eatright.org/resource/health/diseases-and-conditions/hiv-aids/nutrition-and-hiv-aids) * [Blue Bell 483 form](http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-afda-orgs/documents/document/ucm446107.pdf) * [Blue Bell's 483 form response](http://www.fda.gov/ucm/groups/fdagov-public/@fdagov-afda-orgs/documents/document/ucm450509.pdf) * [Edible Dehydrated Zebra Tarantula](https://www.amazon.com/Newport-Jerky-Company-Dehydrated-Tarantula/dp/B01APQ58XC?th=1) * [Insects as the Food of the Future](http://www.ift.org/newsroom/news-releases/2014/june/25/insects-as-the-food-of-the-future.aspx) * [Say Anything... (1989) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098258/) * [A Chef's Life | Shows | PBS Food](http://www.pbs.org/food/shows/a-chefs-life/) Special test for true friends of the show: Don edited the audio, but it sounds like Ben did. Why?

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