The CDC keeps warning people not to eat raw cookie dough — even though it’s delicious

The CDC keeps warning(ˈwôrniNG) people not to eat raw cookie dough — even though it’s delicious(dəˈliSHəs)

By Lindsey Bever

The Christmas cookies are in the oven(ˈəvən); the mixing(miks) bowl(bōl), which is still coated(kōt) with the sugary(ˈSHo͝ogərē) sweet dough, is calling your name.

Don’t listen to it, health experts(ˈekˌspərt) warn(wôrn).

With holiday baking(bāk) season underway, the Center(ˈsen(t)ər) for Disease(dəˈzēz) Control and Prevention(prəˈven(t)SH(ə)n) is once again urging people not to eat unbaked cookie dough — not even a tiny(ˈtīnē) taste(tāst) — because “unbaked products that are intended to be cooked, such as dough or batter(ˈbatər), can make you sick(sik).”

“Say No to Raw Dough!” the CDC warns.

The potential(pəˈtenCHəl) problem is with two primary(ˈprīm(ə)rē,ˈprīˌmerē) ingredients(iNG-,inˈgrēdēənt).

Raw flour(ˈflou(ə)r) can be contaminated(kənˈtaməˌnāt) with E. coli(ˈkōlī), and raw eggs have been a known carrier(ˈkarēər) of salmonella(ˌsalməˈnelə) bacteria(ˌbakˈtirēəm).

Both bacteria are killed in the cooking process, but contaminated(kənˈtaməˌnāt) food that is not cooked or is undercooked has been known to make people ill, according to the CDC.

“When you’re making cookies, often the recipe(ˈresəˌpē) calls for raw eggs,” Lindsay Malone(məˈlōn), a registered(ˈrejəstər) dietitian(ˌdī-iˈtiSHən) with the Cleveland(ˈklēvlənd) Clinic(ˈklinik), said in 2016. “Whenever you consume(kənˈso͞om) raw eggs, you increase your risk of salmonella(ˌsalməˈnelə) poisoning(ˈpoizən).” Malone added that “when there’s a risk for salmonella, you really want to be cautious(ˈkôSHəs) and take steps to avoid it as much as possible.”

In recent years, public health experts have become vocal(ˈvōkəl) about raw flour(ˈflou(ə)r), too.

The CDC reported that in 2016, more than 60 people across the United States were sickened(ˈsikən) with E. coli from raw flour.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/12/10/cdc-keeps-warning-people-not-eat-raw-cookie-dough-even-though-its-delicious/