It's
probably OK to eat the
cookie dough
The following three statements are all true:
Eating cookie dough can be dangerous, even after we’ve dealt with any raw eggs. I am a public health faculty member and an expert in health risk communication. My family and I eat raw
cookie dough regularly.
If it seems implausible that all three of those statements can be simultaneously true, let me explain.
To start, when most people think about health risks and
cookie dough, they think about raw egg. Eggs can be contaminated with
salmonella bacteria, and food safety recommendations encourage people to cook eggs until the
white and yolk are firm in order to kill any bacteria.
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