The CDC is reminding people not to consume raw cookie dough, even if it is egg-free. Egg-free dough isn't safe if it includes raw flour. Products with cookie dough, such as ice cream, have killed the germs by heating up the dough. ...
"My recommendation, the general recommendation, is that you should not consume raw cookie dough, regardless of who makes it, whether it's made at home or as a commercial product," Dr. Karen Neil, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an intervie...
Original image has been replaced.Credit: Mashable Devastating news: The Food and Drug Administration needs you tostop eating raw cookie dough. This terrible turn of events comes following the Center for Disease Control and the FDA's investigation of an outbreak of infections caused by Shiga toxin...
Raw cookie dough Though there is some debate as to whether or not high heat can actually kill E. Coli, especially heat-resistant strains, cooking your food to the proper temperature is generally considered a safe way to eliminate most bacteria. Therefore, even if you do accidentally use contam...
I grew up in a house where we used raw eggs in food all the time, and my mom never even mentioned salmonella risks. My favoritebanana cream pierecipe has two raw egg yolks, as does my favorite snack food (cookie dough), and multiple other recipes I grew up with and make myself. I...