Food Safety Talk 166: Surprising lack of cannibalism questions

Don and Ben traveled to SUNY Geneseo for a live version of the podcast sponsored by the Center for Integrative Learning, and hosted by the amazing Beth McCoy. The episode title comes from an unrecorded after dark which may or may not have taken place in a bar in Geneseo.

• About Us — Food Safety Talk - episode zero link found here
• Food Safety Talk
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• The Vomiting Machine: How Researchers Are Using Fake Barf to Help Protect Public Health
• Prevalence of Human Noroviruses in Commercial Food Establishment Bathrooms
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• Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts > Kellogg Company Voluntarily Recalls Honey Smacks Cereal Due to Possible Health Risk
• Salmonella Saintpaul Infections Linked to Raw Produce
• Jensen Farms Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak | About Listeria
• Pomegranate arils from Egypt blamed in hepatitis A outbreak | Food Safety News
• An Outbreak Of Listeriosis Has Been Linked To Cantaloupes

Food Safety Talk 3: Be the Ball (Chris Gunter, Guest)

Episode 3 of food safety talk. Don is galavanting around Europe, at least 5 hrs ahead of Ben. Instead of trying to match up schedules the guys decide to have a couple of guests on. Dr. Chris Gunter, vegetable production specialist at N.C. State joins Ben to talk cantaloupe, GAPs and share anecdotes from producers about their concerns around food safety.

• What Don was emailing Ben about from Europe.
• Chris Gunter on Twitter and the NC State Horticulture Dept website.
• Chris' previous institutions Purdue and University of Wisconsin, Madison.
• North Carolina Fresh Produce Safety.
• CDC page on Listeria-in-melons outbreak.
• A list of cantaloupe-linked outbreaks that Ben considers to be a lot.
• Produce association that has someone who is looking for outbreak information on behalf of members.
• Reggie Brown, Florida Tomato Commission.
• Risk assessment of Listeria in RTE foods.
• CDC's explanation of underreporting foodborne illness.
• Markets where buyers typically don't require verification of GAPs.
• The produce meeting that Chris and Ben were at in Florida.
• Sweetpotatoes, a lot of which are grown in North Carolina.
• TGAPs, a law for many tomato producers in Florida.
• One of the industries that Ben worked with in Ontario.
• People that say food safety isn't competitive (ex 1, ex 2).
• A couple of the formulaic checklists that are out there (ex1, ex 2).
• Be the ball (or the bug).

Food Safety Talk Episode 3