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Risky or Not?

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 to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

Unexpected Powdered Gravy

11 mins; May 01, 2024

608. Breaking Your Eggs on Something Pointed

15 mins; April 29, 2024

607. Giving CPR to a Baby Rabbit

10 mins; April 26, 2024

Shaking Hands

14 mins; April 24, 2024

Only Washing Your Veggies After Peeling

11 mins; April 22, 2024

A Cut Apple That Has Been to School Twice

16 mins; April 19, 2024

Drinking Water That Had a Body in It for a Month

20 mins; April 17, 2024

Hamburger Made With a Bun Touching Raw Meat

12 mins; April 15, 2024

Reusing Electric Kettle Water

9 mins; April 12, 2024

Eating Raw Chicken Every Day

18 mins; April 10, 2024

599. Brining Meat in a Refrigerator Drawer

16 mins; April 08, 2024

Laura's Misbehaving Fridge

12 mins; April 05, 2024

Using a Netipot with Tap Water

16 mins; April 03, 2024

Homemade Cashew Cheese

15 mins; April 01, 2024

Groceries in a Car Trunk in the Winter for Four and a Half Hours

16 mins; March 29, 2024

594. Expired Sushi in a Unplugged Refrigerator for 7 Hours

11 mins; March 27, 2024

Cooking With Aluminium Foil

16 mins; March 25, 2024

Eating Pickles From a Vat That a Man Dunked His Head Into

15 mins; March 22, 2024

Drinking Water From Switzerland's 7,000 Lakes

14 mins; March 20, 2024

590. Kejni's Extra-Crispy Roast Potato Recipe

16 mins; March 18, 2024

Hamburger Left in Car for Three Days

11 mins; March 15, 2024

Swollen Can of Surströmming

13 mins; March 13, 2024

Homemade Jerky From Facebook Marketplace

15 mins; March 11, 2024

Jane's Raw Ground Beef in the Deli Station

20 mins; March 08, 2024

Drinking From a "Common Cup" for Communion

11 mins; March 06, 2024

Chicken Washed With Bleach and Soap

12 mins; March 04, 2024

Food From a Table With Live Fish Swimming in It

10 mins; March 01, 2024

Soup After Someone Has Tasted That Soup From the Ladle in a Grocery Store Hot Bar

15 mins; February 28, 2024

Bread Pudding Made From a 2 Year Old Child's Leftover Crusts

15 mins; February 26, 2024

Not Washing Hand Towels After 3 Uses

19 mins; February 23, 2024

Mike's Car Baked Mac and Cheese

16 mins; February 21, 2024

Haley's Aunt's Car "Refrigerator"

11 mins; February 19, 2024

Baking Cookies on Wax Paper

17 mins; February 16, 2024

Driving With a Teen on a Learner's Permit

20 mins; February 14, 2024

Ice Stored Under Factory Packaged Frozen Raw Ground Beef

14 mins; February 12, 2024

Sawdust Bread

9 mins; February 09, 2024

Meringue

17 mins; February 07, 2024

Awning Drip Coffee

17 mins; February 05, 2024

Hockey Ice Gum

18 mins; February 02, 2024

Ceviche

19 mins; January 31, 2024

Breast Milk White Russian Cocktail

10 mins; January 29, 2024

Sandy Ocean Rinsed Pizza

15 mins; January 26, 2024

Growing Vegetables by a Restaurant That Used to Be a Dry Cleaners

14 mins; January 24, 2024

Weird Swedish Hard Cheese in International Mail

13 mins; January 22, 2024

Cat's on the Cress

17 mins; January 19, 2024

Metallic Brined Turkey

15 mins; January 17, 2024

Chris's Yogurt Without Heating

12 mins; January 15, 2024

Using Graywater or Rainwater in a Bidet

11 mins; January 12, 2024

Edible Mascots

10 mins; January 10, 2024

Exposing Mark's Elderly Parents to Very Cold Food

9 mins; January 08, 2024

Waffles

19 mins; January 05, 2024

Not Sanitizing a Food Thermometer

12 mins; January 03, 2024

Robin in the Supermarket

11 mins; January 01, 2024

556. Storing Celery and Carrots in Water in the Refrigerator

11 mins; December 29, 2023

Reusing a Prosciutto Plastic Bag

11 mins; December 27, 2023

Eating Lung

12 mins; December 25, 2023

Garlic From China

14 mins; December 22, 2023

Tuna From a Can Freshly Dented at Home

13 mins; December 20, 2023

551. Jungle Juice in a Tub

13 mins; December 18, 2023

Water for Cooking Held in the Danger Zone

12 mins; December 15, 2023

Putting a Turkey on Your Head

10 mins; December 13, 2023

Cleaning the Toilet Brushes in the Dishwasher Top Rack

9 mins; December 11, 2023

Overheated Canned and Jarred Foods

12 mins; December 08, 2023

Canned Food From a Fire

22 mins; December 06, 2023

Steak House Pub Cheese in a Shared Crock

13 mins; December 04, 2023

Toddler Getting Into Kitchen Trash

11 mins; December 01, 2023

Eating Table Syrup From IHOP Containing Food Hidden by College Students

14 mins; November 29, 2023

Hissing Foaming Canned Blueberries

12 mins; November 27, 2023

Unlicensed San Francisco Street Vendors

11 mins; November 24, 2023

Cold Water Turkey Thawing

26 mins; November 22, 2023

Using Tattler Reusable Plastic Canning Lids

17 mins; November 20, 2023

Bacteria in Fast-Food Soda Fountains

14 mins; November 17, 2023

Shopping in the Produce Section of a Store Where Someone Has Brought Their Pet Turtle

16 mins; November 15, 2023

Tajarin Dalla Forma

14 mins; November 13, 2023

Adults Eating at Picnic Tables With a Little Bit of Dried Bird Poop

14 mins; November 10, 2023

Getting Your Food Safety Advice From (Our) Podcasts

16 mins; November 08, 2023

Using the Kitchen Sink to Wash Your Bathroom Hands

10 mins; November 06, 2023

Eating Raman Noodles Straight From the Package

8 mins; November 03, 2023

Hot Dog Bun Printed With the Expiration Date

18 mins; November 01, 2023

Foodservice Red Bucket

14 mins; October 30, 2023

Ben's Random Biker Mushroom Advice

14 mins; October 27, 2023

Richard's One Time, Eight Cat Focaccia

21 mins; October 25, 2023

527. Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water

9 mins; October 23, 2023

Ginger Shots Made With Raw Unpeeled Ginger

12 mins; October 20, 2023

Eating Meat From a Moldy Bun

8 mins; October 18, 2023

Keeping Your Toothbrush Less Than 6 Feet From Your Toilet

14 mins; October 16, 2023

Uniforms Pants With Pockets

20 mins; October 13, 2023

Paw Print Sugar Cookies Made With an Actual Dog Paw

9 mins; October 11, 2023

Unwashed Bananas

11 mins; October 09, 2023

Refilling Sodastream Canisters in a BSL2 Lab Using German Hardware

19 mins; October 06, 2023

Mett, Fresh From a Butcher

12 mins; October 04, 2023

Attending 2023 Blue Ridge Rock Festival

15 mins; October 02, 2023

517. Growing Vegetables In Chris's Abandoned Septic Tank Soil

16 mins; September 29, 2023

Horchata

16 mins; September 27, 2023

Foaming Watermelon

10 mins; September 25, 2023

Tomato From of a Seed That Went Through Sewage Treatment

13 mins; September 22, 2023

12 Flies in a Soda Dispenser

12 mins; September 20, 2023

Attending Burning Man 2023

14 mins; September 18, 2023

Travelling on a Diarrhea Plane for 2 Hours

19 mins; September 15, 2023

Sage's Diluted Kombucha

10 mins; September 13, 2023

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