707. Eating Fruit That’s Been Bitten by a Bat

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating fruit that has been bitten by a bat.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Teacher Bitten By Bat In Classroom Dies Of Rabies
• Zoonotic Exposures: Bites, Stings, Scratches & Other Hazards | CDC Yellow Book 2024
• Unrecognized diversity of mammalian orthoreoviruses in North American bats - ScienceDirect
• Rabies - Frequently Asked Questions | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Ecology and Host Identity Outweigh Evolutionary History in Shaping the Bat Microbiome | mSystems
• Bats: Important Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Viruses | Clinical Microbiology Reviews
• Bluesky Climbs to 24 Million Users, AOC Now Has 1 Million Followers: Should You Join? - CNET

656. Eating Fruit and Vegetables Washed With Cleaning Vinegar

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating fruit and vegetables washed with cleaning vinegar.

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

• 628. Washing Produce in the Dishwasher — Risky or Not?
• Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All-Purpose Cleaner, 64 fl oz - Walmart.com
• Ingredient Disclosure - Great Value Cleaning Vinegar All Purpose Cleaner
• CAS REGISTRY | CAS
• CAS 64-19-7 | Sigma-Aldrich
• 476. Worlds Purest Cookie — Risky or Not?

612. Making Smoothies in a Blender Carafe and Rinsing With Very Hot and High Pressure Water but No Soap

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of making smoothies in a blender carafe and rinsing with very hot and high pressure water but no soap.

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

• High Performance Blenders - Blending Machines | Vitamix
• I Love Lucy | Lucy's Vitameatavegimen Commercial (S1, E30) | Paramount+ - YouTube
• Mark Knopfler - Boom, Like That Lyrics | SongMeanings
• Whole genome sequencing analyses of Listeria monocytogenes that persisted in a milkshake machine for a year and caused illnesses in Washington State | BMC Microbiology
• Infectious Dose of Listeria monocytogenes in Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream, United States, 2015 - PMC
• Frontiers | Recovery and Growth Potential of Listeria monocytogenes in Temperature Abused Milkshakes Prepared from Naturally Contaminated Ice Cream Linked to a Listeriosis Outbreak
• Amazon.com: nutribullet Personal Blender for Shakes, Smoothies, Food Prep, and Frozen Blending, 24 Ounces, 600 Watt, Gray, (NBR-0601) : Everything Else
• Amazon.com: For Vitamix Blender Pitcher 64oz, Replace 5200 5000 6500 7500 Pro500 750 Vita-Prep vm0101 vm0102 vm0103 vm0197 E310 320 asy172 Classic/Explorian/Commercial series etc Container Jar Cup,3 YR Warranty : Home & Kitchen
• Amazon.com: 64 oz Replacement Container Pitcher Jar w/Lid and Blade for Vitamix Blenders (Low-Profile) : Home & Kitchen
• How to Change a Vitamix Blade by Raw Blend | Video - YouTube
• Care and Maintenance-Frequently Asked Questions-Household Resources | Vitamix
• Flange - Wikipedia

314. Unrefrigerated Cut Watermelon Over Night

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating cut watermelon left unrefrigerated overnight

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Growth of Salmonella spp. in Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew Melons | Journal of Food Protection
• Effect of time before storage and storage temperature on survival of Salmonella inoculated on fresh-cut melons - ScienceDirect
• Survival and Growth of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cantaloupe and Watermelon | Journal of Food Protection
• Modeling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon - ScienceDirect
• Outbreaks Associated with Cantaloupe, Watermelon, and Honeydew in the United States, 1973–2011 | Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

202. Mailing Fruit and Vegetable Infused Tequila

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of shipping Fruit and Vegetable Infused Tequila through the mail.

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

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• IAFP Foundation - International Association for Food Protection
• Effect of Ethanol on the Growth of Clostridium botulinum | Journal of Food Protection
• Growth/no growth interfaces of Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enteritidis in model systems based on water activity, pH, temperature and ethanol concentration - ScienceDirect
• How to Science Your Way to Better Spirit Infusions | PUNCH
• About Us - PUNCH
• How to Infuse Oils, Vinegars, Liquor or Honey (Without Making People Barf) | NC State News
• FEMA GRAS assessment of natural flavor complexes: Origanum oil, thyme oil and related phenol derivative-containing flavoring ingredients - ScienceDirect

199. Exploding Strawberry Jars

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from storing sealed mason jars of washed strawberries in the refrigerator.

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

• Merch — Risky or Not?
• Kevin Budnik
• Pruno: A Recipe for Botulism | Botulism | CDC
• FoodKeeper App | FoodSafety.gov
• Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on fresh and frozen strawberries
• Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on Fresh Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) Stored under Controlled Atmosphere and Ozone
• ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables | Journal of Food Protection