604. A Cut Apple That Has Been to School Twice

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of sending a kid to school with a cut apple that has already been to school the day before. Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼 ComBase Growth of Listeria monocytogenes within a Caramel-Coated Apple Microenvironment | mBio Multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to whole apples used in commercially produced, prepackaged caramel apples: United States, 2014–2015 | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core Survival of outbreak, food, and environmental strains of Listeria monocytogenes on whole apples as affected by cultivar and wax coating | Scientific Reports Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh Apples and Caramel Apples - ScienceDirect Prevalence of Listeria Species on Food Contact Surfaces in Washington State Apple Packinghouses | Applied and Environmental Microbiology https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/pdis.2000.84.2.177 Bacterial meningitis in the United States in 1995. Active Surveillance Team - PubMed Foods | Free Full-Text | Updated Parameters for Listeria monocytogenes Dose–Response Model Considering Pathogen Virulence and Age and Sex of Consumer

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Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.