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What experts want you to know about raw cookie dough. (Getty Creative) (Bruce Peter Morin via Getty Images) For a lot of folks, the best part of baking cookies is licking the spoon afterward.
Raw eggs can be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, and washing the outside won’t alleviate the risk. Editor’s tip: You can buy special safe-to-eat cookie dough at the store.
Research cautions that salmonella from uncooked eggs isn’t the only reason not to nibble raw dough or lick the spoon.
Because of the presence of raw egg and raw flour, the consumption of uncooked cookie dough increases the possibility of contracting foodborne illness.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly discourages the consumption of all food products containing raw eggs or raw flour because of the threat from disease-causing bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli.
E. coli O157:H7 was believed to have contaminated Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. Nestlé recalled its products after the FDA reported there was a possibility that the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which sickened at least 66 people in 28 states, might be a result of raw cookie dough consumption. [72]
Eating raw cookie dough isn't safe. While raw eggs have been known to carry salmonella, the raw flour can also be contaminated with E. coli. The real reason you should never eat raw cookie dough
Oral mite anaphylaxis (OMA), also known as pancake syndrome, is a disease in which a person gets symptoms after eating food contaminated with particular mites.The disease name comes from reports of people becoming ill after eating pancakes made from contaminated wheat or corn (maize) flour.
We're all guilty of licking the beater after making a batch of cake batter or cookie dough. We’ve long been warned about how those unbaked goods are unsafe to eat, but raw eggs aren’t the only ...