Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from not washing a pets water bowl for a week.

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

• How Often Should You Wash Dog Bowls for Food and Water?
• Clean the Germiest Home Items | NSF
• Pet feeding habits and the microbiological contamination of dog food bowls: effect of feed type, cleaning method and bowl material - PubMed
• Survey evaluation of dog owners' feeding practices and dog bowls' hygiene assessment in domestic settings | PLOS One

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating a candied or caramel apple that's been shipped priority mail.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

• Growth of Listeria monocytogenes within a Caramel-Coated Apple Microenvironment | mBio
• Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh Apples and Caramel Apples - ScienceDirect
• Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples Made from Bidart Bros. Apples | Listeria | CDC
• Listeria and candied and caramel-coated apples | UMN Extension
• Gourmet Candy Apples | Kandy Apples by K | Raleigh

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from Eating pizza sold by a person that broke into a pizza restaurant.

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

• Burglary - Wikipedia
• Man breaks into Little Caesars and sells pizzas, NC cops say | Raleigh News & Observer
• Microbiological Quality and Safety of Pizza Held Out of Temperature Control in University Dining Halls - ScienceDirect
• Herman Cain - Wikipedia
• Herman Cain: An implausible candidate - CBS News

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating an opened two-year-old 5-pound gummy bear

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

• GGB Candies - Giant Gummy Bears - The Original Manufacturer
• Osmosis Experiment With Gummy Bears
• Longer Contact Times Increase Cross-Contamination of Enterobacter aerogenes from Surfaces to Food - PubMed

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from food from a distribution center with a class II recall

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

• Gold Star Distribution Inc., Issues Recall of Certain FDA-Regulated Products in Three States Including Drugs, Devices, Cosmetics, Human Foods, and Pet Foods | FDA
• Recalled Food List
• Recalls Background and Definitions | FDA

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using fresh garlic in sous vide cooking.

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

• FDA Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance Chapter 13
• Conservative prediction of time to Clostridium botulinum toxin formation for use with time-temperature indicators to ensure the safety of foods - PubMed
• Parameters Determining Inoculated Pack Challenge Study
• Why you should never use raw garlic for sous vide cooking
• Sous Vide Short Ribs Recipe (48 hours to tenderness) - DadCooksDinner
• Sous Vide Short Ribs (Boneless Beef) - Two Kooks In The Kitchen&

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of using the Hairy Bikers egg poaching method.

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

• Hairy Fishnuts : r/BloomCounty
• Hairy Bikers - Wikipedia

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from re-using chocolate from a chocolate fondue fountain.

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

• The (Great) Unwashed Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
• Dash Sauce Fountain : Target
• Chocolate Fountain Operating Manual
• Up to eleven - Wikipedia
• 69. Licking a Chocolate Statue — Risky or Not?