Health Tip: Avoid Eating Raw Dough

• Tweet
• Pin It

No matter how tempting it is to sneak a taste of raw cookie dough, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says you shouldn’t. Raw dough can harbor dangerous bacteria.

The CDC suggests:

• Never eat raw dough or batter.
• Don’t let children play with or eat raw dough, including dough for crafts.
• Make sure raw dough is cooked to the proper temperature.
• Don’t eat shakes or ice cream with products that contain raw dough or flour.
• Keep raw foods, such as flour or eggs,separatefrom ready-to eat-foods.
• Refrigerateproducts containing raw dough or eggs until they are cooked.
• After handling flour, eggs, or raw dough, wash your hands with soap and water. And thoroughly clean all bowls, utensils and countertops that were used.

Source: HealthDay

Copyright © 2026 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

• Tweet
• Pin It