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Retail & Meal Delivery Food Safety Fails with Michelle Wollenzien from The Food Safety Exchange Podcast | Episode 169
Food safety failures don’t always start with massive outbreaks or nationwide recalls. Sometimes, they start with a bowl of homemade gumbo sitting in a grocery store di...
“Not for Human Consumption” Raw Chocolate Milk Controversy | Episode 168
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine dive headfirst into one of the strangest raw milk controversies they’ve seen yet: a Florida dairy selli...
Cantaloupe Recalls, Norovirus Nightmares & the Food Safety Chemical Nobody’s Talking About | Episode 167
Another cantaloupe recall. Another round of questions about why the food industry keeps making the same mistakes — and whether the tools to fix them are already sittin...
Biogenic Amines in Chicken: The Real Risk from Cold Chain Failures | Episode 166
If you thought chicken was the “safe” option on the menu, this episode of Don’t Eat Poop! might ruffle your feathers. Matt and Francine dig into a bizarre (and under-t...
Food Safety Compliance Chaos: FDA Redactions, Conflicts of Interest & Mango Mayhem | Episode 165
What do mangoes, government redactions, and conspiracy-level blacked-out reports have in common? In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, Matt and Francine peel back the la...
Undeclared Ingredients & Food Fraud: When Chocolate Gets Dangerous (Food Safety Compliance Breakdown) | Episode 164
What happens when your sweet treat doubles as a pharmaceutical experiment? In this wildly bizarre (but very real) episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Franci...
Botulism from Fermented Fish: The Hidden Risks of Gut Health Trends | Episode 163
In this eye-opening (and slightly stomach-turning) episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine dive headfirst into a real-life case of botulism caused by f...
Food Safety Compliance in Home Kitchens: The Hidden Risks of Social Media Food Businesses | Episode 162
If you’ve ever been tempted by homemade dumplings on Facebook Marketplace or the viral “pink sauce” on TikTok, this episode might make you pause mid-scroll. In this ey...
15 Years of Food Safety Tech: Food Safety Compliance vs Reality with Rick Biros | Episode 161
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine welcome industry veteran Rick Biros to talk about 15 years of Food Safety Tech and the Food Safety Cons...
Insects & Lab-Grown Meat: The Future of Food Safety Compliance | Episode 160
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine dig into the rising trend of edible insects and lab-grown meat, and what it means for food safety compl...
Food Safety at Home: Cleaning Your Refrigerator Without Growing Science Experiments | Episode 159
If your fridge could talk, would it confess to crimes against food safety? In this hilariously relatable episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine tackle...
Food Safety Inspections Explained with Steven Mandernach from AFDO | Episode 158
Food safety regulations can sometimes feel like a bureaucratic maze, but behind the scenes, regulators, inspectors, and food businesses are all trying to accomplish th...
The Leadership Skills Your HACCP Plan Is Missing with Tia Glave from Catalyst Food Leaders | Episode 157
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine sit down with leadership powerhouse Tia Glave, co-founder of Catalyst Food Leaders, to discuss the one ...
Norovirus Hits the Winter Olympics Again | Episode 156
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are discussing Francine's favorite virus: Norovirus. It's no surprise this foodborne illness made an ap...
Happy 3 Year Anniversary! Let's Celebrate with Good Old Dishwasher Food Safety | Episode 155
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are celebrating the podcast's 3 Year Anniversary with a blast from the past: the salmon in the dishwash...
Training Failures of The Food Safety Industry | Episode 154
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are highlighting Azure Edwards's latest opinion piece on Food Safety News, "The food industry’s trainin...
The Thanksgiving From Hell: When Actual Poison is On the Menu | Episode 153
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are taking a detour from food poisoning to actual poison in food. Our hosts hadn't done any episodes ab...
The U$74.7 Billion Price Tag of Foodborne Illnesses in 2023 | Episode 152
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are talking about some very high, but also very preventable, costs: those resulting from foodborne illn...
The Evolution of the U.S. Food Pyramid | Episode 151
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are back from their quick holiday break and are ready to tackle the brand-new 2026 food pyramid.With th...
Produce Safety Starts with Creating a Culture of Food Safety with Humberto Maldonado from Organically Grown Co. | Episode 150
In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by produce safety veteran Humberto Maldonado, the Director of Safety and Compliance at Organ...
