625. Eating Expired Baby Carrots

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baby carrots passed their expiration date.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• 556. Storing Celery and Carrots in Water in the Refrigerator — Risky or Not?
• 1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not?
• Inhibitory effects of raw carrots on Listeria monocytogenes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Inhibition of foodborne pathogens by native microflora recovered from fresh peeled baby carrot and propagated in cultures - PubMed
• ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables - ScienceDirect
• How to Store Carrots and Make Them Last | Glad®
• Grimmway Farms Voluntarily Recalls Certain Retail-Packaged Carrots Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination | FDA

556. Storing Celery and Carrots in Water in the Refrigerator

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of storing celery and carrots submerged in water in the refrigerator.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

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• Inhibitory effects of raw carrots on Listeria monocytogenes. - PMC
• ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables - ScienceDirect
• Hospital-acquired listeriosis outbreak caused by contaminated diced celery--Texas, 2010 - PubMed
• Listeria monocytogenes transfer during mechanical dicing of celery and growth during subsequent storage - PubMed
• Analysis of domestic refrigerator temperatures and home storage time distributions for shelf-life studies and food safety risk assessment - ScienceDirect
• Food Safety Knowledge of Consumers and the Microbiological and Temperature Status of Their Refrigerators - ScienceDirect
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fur-Chi-Chen/publication/256115808_Comprehensive_evaluation_of_temperatures_within_home_refrigerators/links/5540dfcb0cf2718618dbb655/Comprehensive-evaluation-of-temperatures-within-home-refrigerators.pdf

220. Eating Carrot Top Pesto

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating pesto made with carrot tops.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Nutty Carrot Top Pesto
• Pesto - Wikipedia
• Carrot Top - Wikipedia
• Yes, You Can Eat Carrot Tops. No, They’re Not Poisonous! | Kitchn

109. Uncooked Frozen Carrots*

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating uncooked frozen carrots*.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 *
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• El Chico Mexican Restaurant Relish | SPCrahan | Copy Me That
• Recall & Advice to Consumers and Retailers Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Frozen Vegetables | Listeria | CDC
• Alternative approaches to the risk management of Listeria monocytogenes in low risk foods
• Listeria monocytogenes survival in refrigerator dill pickles - PubMed