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Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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551. Jungle Juice in a Tub
Risky or Not?
12/18/23 • 13 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming “jungle juice” from a tub.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Braden Williams on X: “Drinking out of a tub - part 2? https://t.co/ELUa4MkqGi @bugcounter @benjaminchapman” / X
- Jungle juice - Wikipedia
- Jungle Juice for a Crowd Recipe
- Can you safely cook or store food in galvanized trash cans?
- 175. Drinking From the Bathroom Tub — Risky or Not?
- Is it Safe for Food to be in... | American Galvanizers Association
- Steve Jobs ‘BOOM’ complete compilation 1992-2010 - YouTube
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563. Chris's Yogurt Without Heating
Risky or Not?
01/15/24 • 12 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making yogurt at home without first heating the pasteurized milk.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
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570. Ceviche
Risky or Not?
01/31/24 • 19 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating ceviche.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Ceviche - Wikipedia
- Effect of Lime Juice on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Salmonella enterica Inactivation during the Preparation of the Raw Fish Dish Ceviche - ScienceDirect
- 129. Sushi From Non-Sushi Grade Fish — Risky or Not?
- sushi - Risky or Not?
- Ceviche - Google Scholar
- Ethnic food: A microbiological evaluation of black shellfish ceviche that is sold in typical restaurants - ScienceDirect
- Microbiological safety and quality of ceviche, poke, and sushi dishes sold at retail outlets in Orange County, CA
- Is sushi safe?
- National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) Dashboard | CDC
- Ceviche Trends, Data and Analytics | Tastewise
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558. Not Sanitizing a Food Thermometer
Risky or Not?
01/03/24 • 12 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of not sanitizing a food thermometer between uses.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- Classic Thermapen® - Baking Thermometer | King Arthur Baking
- Waterproof Pocket Digital Thermometer PDT300 from Comark
- MN Food Safety Certification and Thermometer Cross Contamination Risks | safefoodtraining.com
- How To Properly Clean A Meat Thermometer And Eliminate Bacteria
- Amazon.com: Testo 104-IR Infrared Thermometer Gun – Dual Temperature Gun for Surface and core temperatures – Waterproof Infrared Thermometer for up to 482 Degrees – HACCP Compliant : Industrial & Scientific
- O. Pete Snyder, food safety rock star | barfblog
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12/29/23 • 11 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing celery and carrots submerged in water in the refrigerator.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- Instagram Screenshot
- Inhibitory effects of raw carrots on Listeria monocytogenes. - PMC
- ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables - ScienceDirect
- Hospital-acquired listeriosis outbreak caused by contaminated diced celery–Texas, 2010 - PubMed
- Listeria monocytogenes transfer during mechanical dicing of celery and growth during subsequent storage - PubMed
- Analysis of domestic refrigerator temperatures and home storage time distributions for shelf-life studies and food safety risk assessment - ScienceDirect
- Food Safety Knowledge of Consumers and the Microbiological and Temperature Status of Their Refrigerators - ScienceDirect
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fur-Chi-Chen/publication/256115808_Comprehensive_evaluation_of_temperatures_within_home_refrigerators/links/5540dfcb0cf2718618dbb655/Comprehensive-evaluation-of-temperatures-within-home-refrigerators.pdf
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373. Sharing Popcorn With a Fox
Risky or Not?
10/28/22 • 9 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sharing popcorn with a fox.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

257. Sous Vide Brisket for One Month at 131 °F
Risky or Not?
01/31/22 • 8 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks eating sous vide brisket cooked for one month at 131 °F.
Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

596. Homemade Cashew Cheese
Risky or Not?
04/01/24 • 15 min
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.

303. Eight Pounds of Pad Thai Leftovers
Risky or Not?
05/18/22 • 13 min
Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
- K Brooke Golisch, MD on Twitter: “Hypothetically if one took home an approximately 8 lb tin of leftover pad thai from a work event on Thursday, what would the latest possible day one could eat it and probably not get sick?” / Twitter
- Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “@BrooketheOstomy What are the dimensions of the tin?” / Twitter
- Jacobsen’s Danish Butter Cookies | World Market
- 15 cups to liters

03/14/25 • 11 min
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks reusing pasta water that’s been sitting out overnight.
Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️
- NACCHO
- Bacillus sp. R2 α-amylase production optimization: Pasta cooking water as medium of amylase production | African Journal of Biotechnology
- Fatal Family Outbreak of Bacillus cereus-Associated Food Poisoning - PMC
- Predictive Model for Growth of Bacillus cereus at Temperatures Applicable to Cooling of Cooked Pasta - Juneja - 2019 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
- Microbiological Quality of Raw Dried Pasta from the German Market, with Special Emphasis on Cronobacter Species - Akineden - 2015 - Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of Bacillus cereus in foods - ScienceDirect
- A survey study on safety and microbial quality of “gluten-free” products made in Italian pasta factories - ScienceDirect
- The occurrence of Bacillus cereus in fast foods: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition: Vol 49, No 4
- Toxin producing Bacillus cereus persist in ready-to-reheat spaghetti Bolognese mainly in vegetative state - ScienceDirect
- Microbiological Quality of Filled Pasta in Relation to the Nature of Heat Treatment - ScienceDirect
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How many episodes does Risky or Not? have?
Risky or Not? currently has 757 episodes available.
What topics does Risky or Not? cover?
The podcast is about Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Microbiology, Risk, Podcasts, Science, Disease and Food.
What is the most popular episode on Risky or Not??
The episode title '563. Chris's Yogurt Without Heating' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Risky or Not??
The average episode length on Risky or Not? is 13 minutes.
How often are episodes of Risky or Not? released?
Episodes of Risky or Not? are typically released every 2 days.
When was the first episode of Risky or Not??
The first episode of Risky or Not? was released on Jan 12, 2020.
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