Ben Chapman

Food Safety Talk 331: Hold Back My Hair — Food Safety Talk Okay, this is Ben writing, I know I have been delinquent in editing and posting Food Safety Talk episodes, you, the faithful listener are being rewarded with weekly episodes that were recorded over th...

But, Food Safety Talk 331: Hold Back My Hair with @bugcounter.bsky.social is now up! This one has everything: Ferns, Mark Knopfler, Free Bird, Aconite and Bazooka Joe www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2026/3/4/food-safety-talk-331-hold-back-my-hair

We're on the road a couple of times over the next month or so (at the SQF Unites meeting next week in St. Louis and at the NACS Food Safety Forum in Chicago in April). www.sqfi.com/sqf-unites?u... and www.convenience.org/Education/Fo...

Starting today we'll be releasing new food safety talk episodes every Wednesday for the next few weeks until we're caught up.

I know I have been delinquent in editing and posting Food Safety Talk episodes and @bugcounter.bsky.social has been extremely patient with me. But the payoff is here, you, the faithful listeners are being rewarded with weekly episodes that were recorded over the past couple of months.

684. Recalled Treehouse Waffles — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from waffles currently recalled for Listeria monocytogenes . Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Did an episode last year on this Listeria-linked waffle recall www.riskyornot.co/episodes/684...

Check your freezer: Refunds eligible for purchases of frozen waffles sold in NC grocery stores The items were pulled as part of a voluntary recall last year at stores like Food Lion, Aldi, Walmart and others with locations across the state. The affected products include Food Lion and Walmart pr...

We promise to do our best not to waffle. www.wral.com/news/local/r...

Recording a Risky or Not episode with @bugcounter.bsky.social on this topic right now

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Wait, I think I’m supposed to say “check out our Soundcloud”

We may have to release an album of b-sides and rarities.

Food Safety Talk 330: Some People Call Me Dr. Sweaty — Food Safety Talk After warming up on hockey, baseball and other things, the guys dig into the CDC's scaling back of FoodNet as well as budget cuts ending some federally supported nutrition education. The conversation ...

Food Safety Talk 330: Some People Call Me Dr. Sweaty with @bugcounter.bsky.social is now up. This one has everything: Cartridge blowing, Selling Sunset pitches, radioactive shrimp and sweat

www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2025/11/10/food-safety-talk-330-some-people-call-me-dr-sweaty

Food Safety 329: Thing 1 And Thing 2 — Food Safety Talk In this episode Ben and Don are joined by not one, but two(!) mystery guests. In a surprise twist, Ben actually gets both correct (sorry for the spoiler). Kaitlyn Casuli and Dylan Bickers join the guy...

Another one is up! Food Safety 329: Thing 1 and Thing 2 with @bugcounter.bsky.social and a couple of special guest is now up at www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2025/10/16/food-safety-329-thing-1-and-thing-2 This one has everything: Hampsterdam, Intergalactic, blue hogs, and hand soap.

Don’t throw away the cat

Food Safety Talk 328: Kick the Kids Off Of the Internet — Food Safety Talk Ben and Don start the episode talking about IAFP, some upcoming live shows (one that has already happened) and baseball (which Ben is very much into right now). The guys talk about their summer vacati...

Food Safety Talk 328: Kick The Kids Off Of the Internet with @bugcounter.bsky.social is now up! This one has everything, Fernando Valenzuela, Weekend at Bernie's, Boney M and vichyssoise www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2025/9/24/food-safety-talk-328-kick-the-kids-off-of-the-internet

Catching up on all the shows we have in the can. Should be a couple more episodes of Food Safety Talk posing in the next week or so.

823. Costco Free Food Samples — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from consuming Costco free food samples. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

This episode was a bit silly. I like the way the show art turned out. We also discover a potential real risk and appreciate how it was mitigated.

820. "Canning" an Unrefrigerated Low Acid Canned Food — Risky or Not? 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 ☣️

Late posting about yesterday‘s episode. This was an interesting one.

This one has everything: Clint Eastwood, chicken Alfredo, pistachio cream, leftover rice and sour dough and empty chairs.

Food Safety Talk 327: You Got It In Two (Live from AFDO 2025) — Food Safety Talk Don and Ben planned on being in the room together for this one but travel problems hit and Ben ended up Zooming in. The guys go through a bunch of outbreaks and recalls including listeria in some read...

Food Safety Talk 327: You Got It In Two (Live from AFDO 2025) with @bugcounter.bsky.social is now up.
www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2025/9/4/food-safety-talk-327-you-got-it-in-two-live-from-afdo-2025

I ate shrimp twice last week!

810. White Bread — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from white bread. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

in today’s episode we discuss white bread. That’s it, that’s the whole topic. Just white bread. www.riskyornot.co/ep... You might be saying to yourself why would they talk about that? Well, listen to the episode and you’ll find out!

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804. Ben's Missing Thermometer — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a beef hamburger cooked by Professor Ben without a hamburger. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Ben is currently on vacation, but I hope he has his thermometer. www.riskyornot.co/ep... i had a fun chat with ChattyG about the image
chatgpt.com/share/68...

803. Unpasteurized Suitcase Saint Nectaire Cheese — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of transporting unpasteurized Saint Nectaire Cheese from France to Canada Dr. Don - risky ☣️ Professor Ben - risky ☣️

I’m in Cleveland for the IAFP annual meeting. Ben is at an undisclosed location in North Ontario, but still the podcasts keep posting www.riskyornot.co/ep...

This one has everything: Sportsball, chicken washing, swabbing grocery store shelves and meat cutting

Food Safety Talk 326: Kimchi Bread — Food Safety Talk In this episode Don and Ben kick things off with some local flavor talking through Ben's hockey consumption experiences. before diving deep into the world of academic publishing and journals. The guys...

While most of the food safety nerds are at @iafp.bsky.social, I’m here working away to post podcasts😂. Food Safety Talk 326: Kimchi Bread
with @bugcounter.bsky.social is now up www.foodsafetytalk.com/food-safety-talk/2025/7/29/food-safety-talk-326-kimchi-bread

799. Combining Breastmilk Collected in Shells Over Three Days to Feed a Healthy Infant — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of collecting breastmilk in shells over three days to feed to a healthy infant. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Today's episode was an interesting one. In the end we made our decision based on CDC data. www.riskyornot.co/ep...

Also, ChatGPT doesn't really like it when you talk about breasts. Here was the conversation to eventually get us show art: chatgpt.com/share/68...

Tagging @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social

it was great to hear from my old college friend Dave who found the podcast through my posting on LinkedIn: www.riskyornot.co/ep... Dave doesn’t really look like this and I’m pretty sure he keeps his epees out of the kitchen.

797. Ben's Pants Pocket Forks — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of putting plastic forks in your pants pocket for later use. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Only a day late posting about this episode. The episode was a lot of fun to record and I think the show art is [chef's kiss] www.riskyornot.co/ep... it was a bit of a ride to get the image correct: chatgpt.com/share/68...