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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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    786. Never Washing the Salad Spinner Jun 18, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from never washing your salad spinner with soap and water.

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

    • What are Pencil Crayons? | Answered | K-5 Teaching Resources
    • Biosafety Challenges for the Food Microbiology Laboratory - Montville - 2012 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
    • Federal Indifference to Laboratory-Acquired Infections
    • 230. Un-cleanable Salad Spinners — Risky or Not?
    • Performance of a manually operated salad spinner centrifuge for serum separation in the healthy domestic horse (Equus caballus) and southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) - Cassady - 2023 - Veterinary Clinical Pathology - Wiley Online Library
    • Observations of Consumer Salad Preparation
    785. Fried Chicken From a Old Public Restroom in a State Park Jun 16, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fried chicken from a from a public restroom in a state park that has been converted into a restaurant.

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

    • Belle Isle - The Chicken Coupe
    • Instagram - Chicken Coupe 1
    • Instagram - Chicken Coupe 2
    • Shared album - Dante Vozza - Google Photos - old
    • Shared album - Dante Vozza - Google Photos - new
    • N.C. Department of Health & Human Services Division of Public Health / Environmental Health Section / Plan Review Unit Food Establishment Plan Review Application
    • Chicken Coupe Chicken & Waffles | Detroit Restaurant Inspections
    • Violation Types | Washtenaw County, MI - Official Website
    784. Eating Major Intersection Grapes Jun 13, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from grapes grown at the intersection of two 4 lane highways.

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

    • Risks Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Roadside Soil and Vegetation of National Highway Crossing through Industrial Area | Environmental Processes
    • Effect of a Highway's Traffic on the Level of Lead and Cadmium in Fruits and Vegetables Grown Along the Roadsides - Igwegbe - 1992 - Journal of Food Safety - Wiley Online Library
    • Lead in soils and plants: its relation to traffic volume and proximity to highways | Environmental Science & Technology
    • Contamination of agricultural soil by urban and peri-urban highways: An overlooked priority? - ScienceDirect
    • Risks Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution in Roadside Soil and Vegetation of National Highway Crossing through Industrial Area | Environmental Processes
    • Captured Water, Carbon Dioxide From Car Exhaust Could Help Grow Food – Texas A&M Stories
    • I live right off of a busy freeway - it safe to consume garden produce? : r/UrbanGardening
    • How Safe is it, Really, to Eat Food Grown in an Urban Garden? - Modern Farmer
    • Chemical Contamination Pathways and the Food Safety Implications along the Various Stages of Food Production: A Review - PMC
    783. Homemade Chimichurri Left at Room Temp for Months Jun 11, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade chimichurri left at room temp for months.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • FPT Nummer et al
    • Kimchi - Wikipedia
    • Chimichanga - Wikipedia
    • Modelling the pH of mayonnaise by the ratio of egg to vinegar - ScienceDirect
    782. Mechanically Tenderized Beef, Medium Rare Jun 09, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating mechanically tenderize steak medium rare. You might want to listen to the end... no really, the real end.

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

    • Mechanically Tenderized Beef | Food Safety and Inspection Service
    • 778. Out of Date Simpson's Ham — Risky or Not?
    • Assessment of Risk Communication about Undercooked Hamburgers by Restaurant Servers - PubMed
    • Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Blade-Tenderized Beef Steaks Cooked on a Commercial Open-Flame Gas Grill - ScienceDirect
    • ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
    • Beef Retailers Now Labeling Mechanically Tenderized Beef | Home
    • 2010 Food code Issue III 010 attachment
    • Consumer Response to Mechanically Tenderized Beef (MTB) and MTB Labels: An Exploratory Focus Group Study - ScienceDirect
    • Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Mechanically Tenderized Beef and the Largest Beef Recall in Canada, 2012 - ScienceDirect

    And here are two articles that Don found later.

    • Findings of the Health Risk Assessment of Escherichia coli 0157 in Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products in Canada
    • Comparative Risk Assessment for Intact (Non-Tenderized) and Non-Intact (Tenderized) Beef: Technical Report
    781. Dubai Chocolate Jun 06, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from homemade Dubai chocolate.

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

    • Dubai chocolate - Wikipedia
    • Kadayif - Wikipedia
    • Tahini - Wikipedia
    • Filofax – Filofax US
    • (PDF) Moisture adsorption characteristics of pistachio nut cream: A new food product
    • How to Make Pistachio Cream at Home - YouTube
    • MOISTURE ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PISTACHIO NUT CREAM: A NEW FOOD PRODUCT - ProQuest
    • Knafeh - Wikipedia
    • Tests at Dubai chocolates expose consumer deception - ZDFheute
    • Dubai chocolate: What's behind the social media trend - ZDFheute
    780. Playing Games at a Table in a Restaurant Jun 04, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from playing games at a table in a restaurant.

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

    • Peg solitaire - Wikipedia
    • Restaurant and Staff Characteristics Related to Practices that Could Contribute to Cross-Contamination - ScienceDirect
    • Surprising Hawaii Law Shuts Down Family's Vacation Tradition - Beat of Hawaii
    779. Eating Canned Beans From WWII in 2006 Jun 02, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned beans from WWII in 2006 as shown on The Simpsons.

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

    • Beastie Boys – Johnny Ryall Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
    • Gregory Koch: "Eating canned beans from World War II in 2006, when this episode first aired…. #RiskyOrNot @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
    • Eating 80 year old food Rations! sealed since WW2! What's inside? - YouTube
    • We Ate 100-Year-Old Food from Every War! - YouTube
    • 643. Drinking an Unknown Liquid Found in a Bottle at Sea — Risky or Not?
    • The Canning Process; Old Preservation Technique Goes Modern" by Blumenthal, Dale - FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, Issue 7, September 1990 | Online Research Library: Questia Reader
    • Consumer Brands Association - Wikipedia
    • Dennis Heldman Obituary - Columbus, OH
    778. Out of Date Simpson's Ham May 30, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating out of date ham as depicted on the Simpsons.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • Arc - Robot or Not? #310 - The Incomparable
    • Gregory Koch: "This episode aired on February 10, 1994, so assuming that's the date this is set …. Eating processed ham that expired five years ago - #RiskyOrNot? @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social @bugcounter.bsky.social" — Bluesky
    • Amazon.com: North Carolina Mountain Cured Country Ham Trimmings 5-4 Oz. Packs : Grocery & Gourmet Food
    • Hams and Food Safety | Food Safety and Inspection Service
    777. Eating Deviled Eggs Made From Home-Canned, Split Open Hard-Boiled Eggs May 28, 2025
    Show notes

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating deviled eggs made from home-canned, split open hard-boiled eggs.

    Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

    • Canning Rebels | Hard boiled egg experiment | Facebook
    • Text of "GREEN EGGS AND HAM" (by Doctor Seuss)
    • Green Eggs and Ham - Google Books
    • Food Safety Talk 319: I'm Feeling Botchy Today — Food Safety Talk
    • Pickled Eggs - National Center for Home Food Preservation
    • Why do Eggs Turn Green When Cooked? | Incredible Egg
    • Full article: Investigation of a type C/D botulism outbreak in free-range laying hens in France
    • Challenge studies with Listeria monocytogenes and proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in hard-boiled eggs packaged under modified atmospheres - ScienceDirect
    • Pressure Canning Whole Eggs for the pantry! *NOT a G0v+ approved method #storingeggs #preservingeggs - YouTube
    • Foodborne Botulism From Eating Home-Pickled Eggs — Illinois, 1997
    • Freezing Eggs - National Center for Home Food Preservation
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