In this Risky or Not Live cross-over episode, Don and Ben get together in person and do a live show from Boise, Idaho. After doing a bit of shucking and jiving to introduce new audience members to Food Safety Talk and Risky or Not formats, the guys get into some food safety stuff. They talk about infant formula and risks from Clostridium botulinum and an outbreak that happened last fall. After taking some questions from the audience they get into the Boars Head/Listeria outbreak followup, and talk through other Listeria issues with peaches and pasta. They also touch on Bacillus cereus in grains, inspection staff cuts and handwashing.

Show notes so you can follow along at home:

About Us — Food Safety Talk
About — Risky or Not?
pizza - Risky or Not?
Food Safety Talk 85: I’m the jerky police — Food Safety Talk
Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula (November 2025) | FDA
Pruno - Wikipedia
Archive: National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) | Food Safety and Inspection Service
Presence of soil-dwelling clostridia in commercial powdered infant formulas - PubMed
Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes: Prepared Pasta Meals (June 2025) | FDA
Investigation Update: Listeria Outbreak, Supplement Shakes, February 2025 | Listeria Infection | CDC
Moonlight Companies Voluntarily Recalls California-Grown Conventional Yellow and White Peaches Because of Possible Health Risk- Revised to Clarify Upc Codes; This Recall Has Not Been Expanded | FDA
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts — ProPublica
CFIA monitoring U.S. move away from science-based decision making, documents show - The Globe and Mail
Review of the Boar’s Head Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak - January 2025 | Food Safety and Inspection Service
Cooling Uncovered Foods at a Depth of ∼5.1 cm (2 in.) or Less Poses Little Risk of Pathogen Growth - PubMed
rice - Risky or Not?
Handwashing: Cool Water as Effective as Hot for Removing Germs | Rutgers University