The Partnership for Food Safety Education recommends people not eat raw cake batter, cookie dough and other doughs, whether they come from a mix or are made from scratch.
Flour and other ingredients can contain harmful bacteria that are only killed during the cooking process. Children are especially vulnerable to serious foodborne illness.
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Say No to Raw Dough (shareable graphic)
Presenters: Donald Kautter, Senior Advisor/Consumer Safety Officer with the FDA; Sharon Davis, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Home Baking Association
Session from the 2021 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference entitled “Consumer and Industry Baking and Flour Food Safety Engagement” presented by:
Additional information on flour and home food safety: