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 do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of contracting high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) from medium rare duck breast. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of holding raw chicken at room temperature "all day" before cooking. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Staphylococcosis in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual Evaluation of the Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Chicken Fillets and Its Bio-Control Using Different Seaweed Extracts - PMC
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of turkey noodle soup that's been boiling water bath canning for 2 hours. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Canning - National Center for Home Food Preservation Ball® Blue Book Guide to Preserving 38th Edition, Recipe Book | Ball Iowa State Factsheet, Botulism Heat-Resistance Studies on Spores of Putrefactive Anaerobes in Relation to Determination of Safe Processes for Canned Foods, 1938. In Memoriam Terence Roberts (4 October 2024) – ICMSF | International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of feeding recalled sealed Byheart baby formula to a baby. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ ByHeart recalls organic baby formula amid infant botulism outbreak | AP News Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025 | Botulism | CDC Seven-Year Case-Control Study in California of Risk Factors for Infant Botulism - ScienceDirect Elevated incidence of infant botulism in a 17-county area of the Mid-Atlantic region in the United States, 2000–2019, including association with soil types | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Tyndallization - Wikipedia Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking raw turkey to only 155 °F Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making rare roast beef. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a swiss army knife toothpick. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating hand sliced Prosciutto ham stored at room temperature for months. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming in date but fizzy grapefruit juice from a mechanically stressed container. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating dishwasher lasagna (aka lasagna alla lavastoviglie) Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Eating a Cardboard Box of Hollywood Chewing-Gum, Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of cooking stuffing inside the turkey. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using a mouthguard from the coaches mouthguard pocket. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from spraying mouthguard with ethanol and propanol. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating dinner into which a cat dropped a mouse. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating candy given to you by a streaker. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a properly cooked isopod fish tongue parasite. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks associated with freezing parboiled potatoes in bulk so they cool slowly. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Large Outbreak of Botulism: The Hazardous Baked Potato | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Freezing New Irish Potatoes - National Center for Home Food Preservation Parboiling - Wikipedia Black Sabbath – War Pigs Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using watered down hand soap. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Influence of Soap Characteristics and Food Service Facility Type on the Degree of Bacterial Contamination of Open, Refillable Bulk Soaps - ScienceDirect
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating food from a DIY french burger kit. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ DIY Burger Kit in France : r/mildlyinteresting Monty Python - The French Taunter - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - YouTube Fresh Ground Beef Color: A Consumer Guide Costco's New Pre-Made Burgers Leave Much To Be Desired New at our Costco - Verona, WI. Bacon Cheddar Burger kits.
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from drinking a 24 hour old Pumpkin Spice Latte. Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming opened organic lemonade refrigerated for 4 weeks. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from deliberately eating powdered teflon. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating canned pet food. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from cooking a wrapped egg in a compost pile. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing drinking glasses with only hot water and friction. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using the British dishwashing method. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from biting the head off a bat or a dove. Fedica text: Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️ Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs - YouTube War Pigs - Wikipedia Fairies Wear Boots - YouTube Fairies Wear Boots - Wikipedia Did Ozzy Osbourne really bite the head off a live bat? Frontiers | An overview of bats microbiota and its implication in transmissible diseases Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases of Columbiformes - PMC
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking coffee made from a coffee maker that has algae growing in the transparent water reservoir. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating ice off of your hockey skates. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing frosting that says “Cover and refrigerate leftover frosting up to 30 days” at room temperature after opening. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of consuming “vintage” (i.e., old) MREs from around the world, but focusing in those from the US. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of meat from puffy or bloated packages. Dr. Don - not risky
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
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
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
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Costco free food samples. Fedica text: Dr. Don - not risky
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
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of Consuming a fly in wine, on two different occasions. Dr. Don - not risky
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
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
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks if you don't drink 8 glasses of water a day. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of going to the beach with a Vibrio vulnificus alert. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of just washing produce in plain water vs. a fancy gizmo. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating shrimp impacted by the recent recall. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming teewurst that is made from raw meat which says that it must be cooked to 165°F. Teawurst Bain-marie - Wikipedia Microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods Part 1: Food attribution, analytical methods and indicators Hepatitis E - Wikipedia Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Basics | Hepatitis E | CDC Reimar Johne: Microbiology H-index & Awards - Academic Profile | Research.com Teewurst | Local Sausage From Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany | TasteAtlas A long-lasting outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium U323 associated with several pork products, Denmark, 2010 - PMC A large outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by an unusual sorbitol-fermenting strain of Escherichia coli O157:H- - PubMed Behavior of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella Typhimurium in teewurst, a raw spreadable sausage - ScienceDirect
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from squishing a bug that smells like maple syrup. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from soaking cedar planks to be used for cooking salmon in water at room temperature. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of leaving raspberries at room temperature for about 28 hours. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from white bread. Dr. Don - not risky
Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from using a towel with a “big brown streak”. Dr. Don - not risky
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