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    Risky or Not?

    Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

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    Copyright: © Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman 2021

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    826. Ballpark Cheeseburger With Self-Serve Sticky Cheese Sep 19, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating Ballpark cheeseburger made with with self-serve sticky cheese handled by others.

    Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

    • Alexandria Aces Collegiate Summer Baseball Team in Alexandria, Virginia
    • A Study of Staphylococcus Aureus Growth in Model Systems and Processed Cheese - MAGRINI - 1983 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
    • High Hand Contamination Rates During Norovirus Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities - PMC
    • State of Handwashing Report.pdf
    825. Air Cooled Hard Boiled Eggs After a Week at Room Temperature Sep 17, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating air cooled hard boiled eggs after a week at room temperature.

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

    • 775. Coin in Cup for Freezer Safety After Power Outages — Risky or Not?
    • FDA Food Code | FDA
    • 210. Air cooled hard boiled eggs at room temperature — Risky or Not?
    • 467. Rich's Hard Boiled Eggs (With Bra Egg Bonus) — Risky or Not?
    • Hard-Cooked Egg Shelf Life - ScienceDirect
    824. Drinking Horatio Nelson's Embalming Fluid Made With Brandy Sep 15, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking drinking Horatio Nelson' embalming fluid made with brandy, with camphor and myrrh.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Wikipedia
    • Camphor overdose: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
    • Nelson: A Personal History: Hibbert, Christopher: 9780201624571: Amazon.com: Books
    • Christopher Hibbert - Wikipedia
    823. Costco Free Food Samples Sep 12, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Costco free food samples.

    Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

    • Food Safety Talk
    • Multistate outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with in-store sampling of an aged raw-milk Gouda cheese, 2010 - PubMed
    • Are Costco Samples Safe To Eat? Here's What You Need To Know About Hygiene Practices
    • Coronavirus outbreak prompts Costco to stop serving free samples
    822. Don's Rusty Shower Event Sep 10, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of standing in a hotel bathroom in Athens Greece after a shower head explodes.

    Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

    • Legionnaires disease in Athens
    • 13th ICPMF
    • About Legionnaires' Disease | Legionella | CDC
    • Legionnaires' Disease - NYC Health
    • CDC Providing a Home for Guests, not Legionella
    821. Consuming a Fly in Wine, Twice Sep 08, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Consuming a fly in wine, on two different occasions.

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

    • Food Safety Talk 327: You Got It In Two (Live from AFDO 2025) — Food Safety Talk
    • Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
    • Wines - 19 Crimes
    • 159. Food, Once a Fly Has Landed on It — Risky or Not?
    • Task Management Software Built For Pros - OmniFocus - The Omni Group
    • 201. Bug in Your Margarita — Risky or Not?
    • 513. 12 Flies in a Soda Dispenser — Risky or Not?
    • Epidemiology
    • A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.) - PMC
    820. "Canning" an Unrefrigerated Low Acid Canned Food Sep 05, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a beer canning line to package low acid canned food that will not be refrigerated.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • Chumbawamba - Tubthumping - YouTube
    • Iron Heart Mobile Canning | The Leader In Quality Canning
    • Death Wish Coffee Co. Announces Recall of Nitro Cold Brew Cans From Retailers, Online Sales | FDA
    • WO2022082110A1 - C. bot prevention in coffee - Google Patents
    • Canned coffee products sold under 128 coffee roaster names recalled over potential Clostridium botulinum contamination | Food Safety News
    819. Storing Garlic Confit in Ben's Refrigerator for Two Weeks Sep 03, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing garlic confit at 37 °C (in Ben's refrigerator) for two weeks.

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

    • Garlic-in-oil associated botulism: episode leads to product modification. | AJPH | Vol. 80 Issue 11
    • Botulism from Chopped Garlic: Delayed Recognition of a Major Outbreak | Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Outgrowth and Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum in Bottled Chopped Garlic - ScienceDirect
    • Conservative Prediction of Time to Clostridium botulinum Toxin Formation for Use with Time-Temperature Indicators To Ensure the Safety of Foods - ScienceDirect
    • Current Food Safety Issues of Home-prepared Vegetables and Herbs Stored in Oil
    • Garlic Confit Recipe
    • 78. Garlic Confit — Risky or Not?
    • The Use and Performance of Household Refrigerators: A Review - James - 2017 - Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
    818. Not Drinking 8 Glasses of Water a Day Sep 01, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks if you don't drink 8 glasses of water a day.

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

    • Do you really need to drink water? Find out here | TikTok
    • The Water Myth | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
    • | Office for Science and Society - McGill University
    • Effect of Coaching to Increase Water Intake on Kidney Function Decline in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: The CKD WIT Randomized Clinical Trial | Urology | JAMA | JAMA Network
    • Hyponatremia - Wikipedia
    • https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm
    • The Certainty Illusion by Timothy Caulfield: 9780735245884 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
    • Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia
    817. Going to the Beach With a Vibrio Alert Aug 29, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of going to the beach with a Vibrio vulnificus alert.

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

    • Department of Public Health alerts public to rare Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in coastal waters | Mass.gov
    • About Vibrio Infection | Vibrio Infection | CDC
    • Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters | FDA
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