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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe CDC keeps warning people not to eat raw cookie dough -- even though it's delicious
The Christmas cookies are in the oven; the mixing bowl, which is still coated with the sugary sweet dough, is calling your name.
Dont listen to it, health experts warn.
With holiday baking season underway, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is once again urging people not to eat unbaked cookie dough not even a tiny taste because unbaked products that are intended to be cooked, such as dough or batter, can make you sick.
Say No to Raw Dough! the CDC warns.
The potential problem is with two primary ingredients.
Raw flour can be contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli), and raw eggs have been a known carrier of salmonella bacteria.
Both bacteria are killed in the cooking process, but contaminated food that is not cooked or is undercooked has been known to make people ill, according to the CDC.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/12/10/cdc-keeps-warning-people-not-eat-raw-cookie-dough-even-though-its-delicious/?utm_term=.a2eafbd4eede
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Whether I bought the refrigerated stuff at the store or making it by scratch.
She's an adult now and is unapologetic. In fact, she gloats about it.
Warn away for all the good it does.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)I'd eat it with a side of antibiotics.
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)I know I did as a kid, but I SURELY would NOT now.
Equally problematic is the "loving" pet owner that feeds their dog or cat a raw meat diet. While cats and dogs are generally a bit more resistant to Salmonella and Campylobacter infections and related illness, they can transmit it to us.
Funny that we are so neurotic about some "germs" and environmental contaminants and totally oblivious to others...
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Its sound advice, cover all your bases, especially those with compromised immune systems but Ive been eating raw cookie my whole life and so far so good.
llmart
(15,540 posts)Lars39
(26,109 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)What kind of cookie dough doesn't use eggs and flour? It's not even "dough" if that's the case.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)but one needs some kind of flour. As I speculated below Im going to guess they heat treat or irradiate the flour.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)to kill any pathogens and use either an egg-free batter or perhaps an irradiated egg product. My money would be on egg-free.
Mr. Quackers
(443 posts)would prefer raw hamburger please.