Food Safety Talk
Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 106 minutes
- Episodes
- 293
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Food Safety Talk 286: Duck Race at 12 Noon
The guys are back at it again and start with personal hygiene habits and mesothelioma. They talk about 4th of July festivities and then jump into food safety with a discussion of the Poisoned documen…
01:58:01 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
Food Safety Talk 285: Meat Probe, Meatwad, Meathead
Don has returned from his sojourn in Japan and the guys jump right into things talking about some of the stuff Ben is watching with his kids. The guys talk about a couple of folks who meant a lot to …
02:01:52 |
Sun 09 Jul 2023
Food Safety Talk 284: Live from AFDO with guests Jessica Badour and Adam Inman
This episode was recorded live at the Association of Food And Drug Officials (AFDO) annual educational conference, held in June 2023 in Norfolk, VA. Don galavanting across the world in Japan so Ben i…
01:23:30 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
Food Safety Talk 283: 283 Tylenols
The guys jump right into the food safety on this one by talking about a new paper investigating the causative agent linked to Daily Harvest's/tara flour outbreak and FDA's Center for Natural Products…
01:41:11 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Food Safety Talk 282: The Fabulous Ms. Mertzel
The show starts with the guys talking about Ben's Internet situation, Don introduces a new show concept: Department Head Chair Talk and then teases new Food Safety Talk t-shirts. The conversation goe…
01:41:12 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
Food Safety Talk 281: Artisanal Poultry Manure
The show starts with a discussion of Ben's front yard chickens (including some new additions) and managing the animals both Don and Ben's houses. They go on to talk about agritourism and food safety …
01:56:32 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Food Safety Talk 280: Drupelet
The episode starts with the guys talking about hockey documentaries (okay, it was just Ben) and cannabis food safety laws. Then the conversation goes to the Conference for Food Protection where the g…
01:52:36 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Food Safety Talk 279: Jenny Might Be Using AI
The show starts with a discussion of the types of drinks the guys have been enjoying recently, and then the conversation switches to their recent travel itineraries to Brazil and Michigan. Don and Be…
01:23:06 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Food Safety Talk 278: Seemingly Unrelated Movies
Ben and Don start the show talking about some British panel shows but quickly get into the world of food safety through a Toronto health inspector story from the 1980s. Ben goes on to tell Don about …
01:51:04 |
Mon 06 Mar 2023
Food Safety Talk 277: Safe As It Ever Was
Don and Ben start the conversation with their reflections on Frank Yiannas' resignation and FDA's restructuring. They also talk about the passing of their IAFP friend Paul Hall. Don gives Ben an earl…
01:58:41 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Food Safety Talk 276: Landlord Yelp
Don and Ben open the episode talking about internet things, shadow networks and how many things are on the pipe. The get into food safety by talking by their collaborative work that has made contamin…
01:48:48 |
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Food Safety Talk 275: We Can Pickle That!
The show starts with a discussion about a wide variety of seemingly unrelated music including Men at Work, Burt Bacharach, Sting and school musicals before shifting to a quick chat about fun Netflix …
02:02:18 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Food Safety Talk 274: My Turkey Named Ham
The show starts with a discussion of Ben's new podcasting space that is equipped with a bed and an actual working executive office. The guys get to actual food safety topics somewhat quicker than nor…
01:49:34 |
Sat 24 Dec 2022
Food Safety Talk 273: 50 or 70 School Buses
The guys are joined by special mystery guest Kaitlyn Casulli and assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Georgia. The group talks about what being a …
01:44:39 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Food Safety Talk 272: Well Intentioned Nerds Protecting Us
Don and Ben are joined by mystery guest Matt Haughey of Metafilter, Ask Metafilter, Slack and Salesforce (and many other Internet things). The guys talk through a variety of topics including podcasti…
02:00:18 |
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Food Safety Talk 271: Low Rise 7
The conversation starts with the guys going through a little bit of nostalgia for the dorms they stayed in when they were in college including architecture and the various amenities each of their hou…
01:51:27 |
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Food Safety Talk 270: Giving My Readers Botulism
Don and Ben are joined by Hanna Raskin, from The Food Section, which has an amazing tagline: "Covering food and drink across the American South as though it mattered as much as crime and politics (be…
01:36:33 |
Sun 09 Oct 2022
Food Safety Talk 269: The Daves We Don't Know
After taking a month-long hiatus from Food Safety Talk while Ben was in Canada with no Internet the guys are back at it. The conversation starts on electronic workplace productivity surveillance and …
01:46:41 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Food Safety Talk 268: Add A Catchy Header
This is the Live From IAFP Special, where Don and Ben get together in person for their yearly event with listeners from around the world. The show starts with a discussion of the cool things they've …
02:20:37 |
Wed 03 Aug 2022
Food Safety Talk 267: Tara.Freezer.Olaf
The episode begins on Ben's fascination with the Mac OS dark mode and Don's email rules. Ben tells Don about his food safety happenings while on vacation, including using a massive turkey thermometer…
02:06:46 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
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