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Food Safety Talk 164: 99 Problems, but Power Ain't One

Added on September 17, 2018 by Don Schaffner.

The show opens with a deep dive on Ben's adventures before during and after hurricane Florence. From there the guys proceed through listener feedback talking about cured meats, dried food debris, microbiological quality of money, kitchen sanitation, revisiting Ben's recent experience with human subjects, revisiting how to learn more about the organism that may have made you sick, pasteurizing eggs, exclusion of ill workers, thermometer calibration, and food out of temperature control. The show ends with discussion of a recent scholarly article on raw milk outbreaks, as well as a news article on an E. coli outbreak at a daycare center.

Food Safety Talk 98: Klouty with a chance of meatballs

Added on April 11, 2016 by Don Schaffner.

This week Don and Ben open with the usual popular culture talk and then move into a discussion of Norovirus laden couches, Chipotle (again), and the safety of petting zoos. From there the discussion moves to lady balls, duck sliders, balls to the wall, and Blue Bell Ice Cream. The After Dark features more cowbell.

Below are some links to some of the things that they talked about:

Food Safety Talk 88: Canadian Halloween

Added on February 18, 2016 by Don Schaffner.

The podcast begins with Ben complaining about the clutter in his office, and Don about his downgraded airline membership status (unlike Ben who became a gold member in Delta airline after his trip to Dubai for the International Food Safety Conference).

The show starts with a listener question about the shelf life of candy, which is shelf stable from a microbiological perspective because of a low water activity. Don and Ben go on to bond over their love of Brigadeiro from Brazil.

The talk moves to a recent WHO report on processed meats, cancer and the guys discuss poor risk communication from the WHO.

Ben brings up a recent MMWR article about an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that was linked to a farming educational event. This prompts Don to talk about the NY Sheep and Wool festival where he did not find any hand washing stations.

Don spoke about his talk at the Produce Marketing Association in Atlanta, GA and his trip to Wegmans where he noticed the caramel coated apples were refrigerated and maintained at 40 °F. This was likely due to the 2014 multistate listeriosis outbreaks linked to the consumption of caramel apples. Ben shares that Kroger simply chose to not carry caramel apples which some called a bad knee-jerk reaction to good research.

The final topic of the show was Chipotle’s decision to close 43 restaurants in the midst of an E. coli outbreak, although some restaurants have been less than clear about the reason they closed.

The podcast ends with reading listener mail.

Food Safety Talk 7: Dazed and Confused

Added on November 26, 2011 by Don Schaffner.

In Episode 7 of Food Safety Talk, Ben and Don set out to talk about the Mr. Cheese Salmonella outbreak, but range far and wide into discussions about helping Entrepreneurs, the differences between risk assessment and risk management, and the importance of a good theme song.

Seltzer, The beverage of choice for leading Podcaster's everywhere.
The NC state fair outbreak has been linked to a livestock display barn.
Spinach grown near cattle feed yards can become contaminated with microorganisms transfer via the air.
Mr. Cheese is a man (cheese?) of many faces.
Ben's son thinks Mr. Cheese looks like this.
Details on the actual Mr. Cheese outbreak.
The original Listeria Hispanic style cheese outbreak.
Don's barfblog post on Freehold illegal restaurants.
A Map of Utah counties.
Whole foods want to sell foods made by local entrepreneurs.
NJ retail food code, now chapter 24. It's twice as good as the old Chapter 12.
Watermelon jelly botulism, I blame Canada.
National Center for Home Food Preservation.
A scientific article on the Hazelnut yogurt botulism outbreak.
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at the New York State Food Venture Center.
Fletcher Arritt, III Assistant Professor, Food Science.
Snooki is to NJ as Andy Griffith is to NC.
Mike the Barber, don't be creepy.
The old Extension model, as described by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The National GAP'S program.
Episode 3 of FST, where Ben interviews Don's replacement.
An article on risk analysis.
The Norman Borlaug institute doing good work.
Risk Analysis is cool, but it is important to understand the difference between risk assessment and risk management.
HACCP.
See Episode 1, for the differences between Ben and Don's personal food safety risk management decisions.
Lynn Frewer who does research on Risk communication with consumers: Ben is a big fan.
How to pronounce data.
Craig Hedberg from U Minnesota: Don is a big fan.
My biggest fan by Loudon Wainwright III... "yeah there's Bob then there's Neil then there's me", full lyrics here.
The KISS comic book, printed with the actual KISS blood.
I wanna rock and roll all night with lyrics, in the hopes that Ben's son will learn to read, and learn more words to the song.
The Dazed and Confused movie, which Don has to watch for homework. Because very cool podcasts often talk about movies.
Licensing music from ASCAP for podcasts.
And for those who listened through the outro music, check out Roderick on the Line.
Ben's homework is to learn Markdown.

Dazed and Confused

Food Safety Talk 6: Animal Neuroses and Guilty Pleasures

Added on November 21, 2011 by Ben Chapman.

In Episode 6 Don and Ben talk petting zoos and risk management strategies. Ben rants about his neuroses with animal contact while Don analyzes these fears (for free).

An outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to the North Carolina State Fair.
What a well known quickserve restaurant might look like (here, here or here).
A list of petting zoo-related outbreaks.
The North Carolina State Fair.
Some other pathogenic E. colis.
2004 North Carolina State Fair petting zoo-linked E. coli O157 outbreak (108 cases).
What a hippie Ben looks like, and a picture of his Birkenstocks and water tub.
Why Ben is worried about railings, sawdust, etc at petting zoos.
Howling Cow; NC State Ice Cream.
Fireman Sam, who Ben's son often emulates.
Valuing a safe petting zoo.
Freehold Borough, in the garden state, where Don lives and can't raise chickens in his backyard.
Deli meat risks and pregnancy another risk benefit trade-off.
Potential for microbial contamination of spinach through feedyard air/dust growing in close proximity to cattle feedyard operations.
Benefits that raw milk drinkers see that can outweigh risks for some individuals.
Ben on TV; those are not his jazzy hands at the bottom.
A way of getting things off of Ben's TV.
Handwashing encouragement signs at the North Carolina State Fair (October 16, 2011).
Inspecting food vendors at the North Carolina State Fair.
North Carolina petting zoo sanitation and communication regulations.
NC State Expert Offers Insight On E. coli Outbreak.
Risk of Salmonella from reptiles.
Quit touching my toilet paper.
Journal of Irreproducible Results.
Ah, graduate students.
Foodborne illnesses aren't just numbers.
The satire of bridging masters.
What professors looked like before iPods.
The Pearl Jam documentary that Ben is obsessed with.
The Bridge School benefit concert.
Don's guilty pleasure.
Why Don and Kristin may never leave the couch again.
The Instapaper sage Marco, who has blogged about TV watching.
Merlin likes sports.

Animal Neuroses and Guilty Pleasures