Don Schaffner

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

Me, except I say “Extension Specialist" youtube.com/shorts/v...

827. Bloated Meat Packages — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of meat from puffy or bloated packages. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Behind on posting about bloated meat www.riskyornot.co/ep... and MREs www.riskyornot.co/ep... 🙄

Even @benchapmanncsu.bsky.social screws up once in a while.

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824. Drinking Horatio Nelson's Embalming Fluid Made With Brandy — Risky or Not? 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 ☣️

Once we started to do a little bit of research, it was clear that this one was risky. www.riskyornot.co/ep... The show art does not disappoint. Catching up on posts. Soon will be caught up.

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.

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822. Don's Rusty Shower Event — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of standing in a hotel bathroom in Athens Greece after a shower head explodes. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

Catching up on some old posts. In this episode we venture into one of Ben's favorite topics... Legionella.

821. Consuming a Fly in Wine, Twice — Risky or Not? 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 👍🏼

Finally had some time today to post yesterday‘s episode here: www.riskyornot.co/ep... Ben has some food safety adventures in the bath 🙄

Today’s #RiskyOrNot episode hasn’t been recorded yet, so it will be posted but probably not tomorrow 😂

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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.

Agreed. My dad lost most of his hearing thanks to getting the measles as a kid, before there was a vaccine. Don’t tell me vaccines don’t matter.

If you ever get food poisoning, I can definitely recommend a lawyer. Not for this 😢

Tagging @benchapmanncsu who probably does not sit inside his refrigerator.

819. Storing Garlic Confit in Ben's Refrigerator for Two Weeks — Risky or Not? 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 👍🏼

This was a delightful episode and perfectly capped off by ChatGPT‘s image of someone vaguely resembling Ben sitting inside his perfect 37°F fridge

SPLATTER!!🫟

🔥🔥🔥

“Winning”

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818. Not Drinking 8 Glasses of Water a Day — Risky or Not? 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 👍🏼

It’s Labor Day but I’m still working. At least if you can call hanging out with my nerdy microbiology math friends work. But the podcast continues on as Ben indulges me with one of my favorite TikTokers, Martin, my personal water sommelier:

Thought about this today walking past some graf…

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I’d say #NotRisk

817. Going to the Beach With a Vibrio Alert — Risky or Not? 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 👍🏼

Ben and I offer this as a public service announcement for any of you considering going to the beach on this holiday weekend: www.riskyornot.co/ep... as suggested by a friend, if you have a fresh tattoo, consider this as an open wound.

816. Washing Produce With Just Plain Water — Risky or Not? Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of just washing produce in plain water vs. a fancy gizmo. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

This episode was inspired by a reporter asking questions about these fancy fruit washing gizmos.

Sometimes. You have to listen past the outro music.

Likely not. I think that somehow the shipping containers got dosed with Cesium-137 containing water. Hopefully we’ll learn how at some point

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