Don and Ben are joined by two special guests, Michelle Danyluk and an anonymous guest and frequent contributor, Deep State. Ben finally wins a "guess the special guest" game. The group spends most of their time on two big topics: deconstructing the Salmonella/cucumber outbreak/outbreaks and the complicated landscape of local and state jurisdictional regulations and enforcement.

Show notes so you can follow along at home:

Salmonella Bareilly found in Cucumbers - what is link to Salmonella Africana and Braenderup Outbreaks? | Marler Blog
Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Cucumbers (June 2024) | FDA
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers | CDC
Notes from the Field: Multistate, Multiserotype Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Cashew Brie — United States, 2021 | MMWR
Fresh Start Produce Sales Initiates Recall of Whole Cucumbers Because of Possible Health Risk | FDA
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Fresh_Start_Recall_Notice.pdf
Population Survey | FoodNet | CDC
Marler Blog | Marler Clark, Inc., PS | Food Poisoning Lawyer
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupes | CDC
Foods That Do Not Freeze Well - National Center for Home Food Preservation
Freezing Melons - National Center for Home Food Preservation
Watermelon is a Melon
Agriculture Biostimulants | Crop Production | Plant Health
Amazon.com : 15 Mil Drip Tape -Irrigation-Gardening-12 Inch Dripper Spacing-1,000 Ft Roll-1 Ea Heavy Duty : Patio, Lawn & Garden
Quantification of Salmonella enterica transfer between tomatoes, soil, and plastic mulch - ScienceDirect
Dispersal of Salmonella Typhimurium by Rain Splash onto Tomato Plants - ScienceDirect
Adhesion and splash dispersal of Salmonella enterica Typhimurium on tomato leaflets: Effects of rdar morphotype and trichome density - ScienceDirect
Quantification of Survival and Transfer of Salmonella on Fresh Cucumbers during Waxing - ScienceDirect
Quantification of Survival and Transfer of Salmonella on Fresh Cucumbers during Waxing - ScienceDirect
0 to 100 - ages of people sickened by Salmonella in Canada by Mexican Cantaloupe | Marler Blog
Whole-Genome Sequencing of Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica Isolates Obtained from Various Meat Types in Ghana | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Antigenic Formulae of the Salmonella Serovars
2007 9th edition
FoodNet Fast | CDC
Least Popular Vegetables: Summary.