Food Safety Talk

Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
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Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.

  1. NOV 11

    Food Safety Talk 330: Some People Call Me Dr. Sweaty

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    1h 45m

  2. OCT 16

    Food Safety 329: Thing 1 And Thing 2

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    1h 34m

  3. SEP 24

    Food Safety Talk 328: Kick The Kids Off Of the Internet

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    1h 60m

  4. SEP 4

    Food Safety Talk 327: You Got It In Two (Live from AFDO 2025)

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    1h 23m

  5. JUL 29

    Food Safety Talk 326: Kimchi Bread

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    1h 46m

  6. JUL 8

    Food Safety Talk 325: I Have No Problem Eating Food Off Of The Floor

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    1h 26m

  7. JUN 2

    Food Safety Talk 324: Richard Fingers Uncured

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    1h 55m

  8. MAY 15

    Food Safety Talk 323: If It's Wet, And It Isn't Yours, Don't Touch It (Live From CFP 2025)

    In this very special episode, Ben and Don take the stage to moderate a powerhouse panel on the evolution of retail food safety, featuring Jill Hollingsworth (Ecolab), Cory Hedman (Meijer), Laurie Farmer (FDA), and Carrie Pohjola (Wisconsin DATCP). The discussion opens with how the role of inspectors has changed, particularly around cultural competency, language barriers, and the shift toward risk-based inspections. Panelists share how both regulators and industry are using technology to improve inspections and modernize approaches without losing what still works in analog. They tackle big questions about industry-regulator partnerships and touch on a unified federal food safety agency. From there, the conversation turns personal: panelists reflect on crisis moments in their careers what they learned, and what they'd do differently now. In a rapid fire round of questions they also reveal the outbreak that shaped their careers, their first and last concerts, their favorite part of the Food Code and aspirational food safety tattoos.

    1h 8m
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Don and Ben talk to each other and the occasional guest about food safety in the news. They also respond to listener feedback.

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  • Creator
    Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2025
  • Episodes
    297
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Food Safety Talk

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