…Leslie Smoot, a senior adviser in the FDA’s Office of Food Safety, in a statement.
The FDA said an animal’s waste could contaminate grain which is then made into flour. Any bacteria is killed, the agency said, through baking, boiling, roasting and frying. That step doesn’t happen with raw dough, the agency said.
Food borne illness outbreaks linked to flour are extremely rare. Seattle food safety lawyer Bill Marler, widely regarded as an expert in the field, said the only other one he could recall was the 2009 recall of Nestle Toll House cookie dough, which was believed to be tied to the flour used to make the dough.
To avoid all this bacteria, be sure to cook all dough, including cookie dough, cake mix and batter, thoroughly. Wash your hands. Don’t give kids raw dough to play with.
FDA Issues New Warning Against Cookie Dough was originally published on blackdoctor.org
