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Government tells Americans to stop eating cookie dough
The Blaze ^ | December 8, 2014 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 12/24/2014 8:17:50 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued an order that millions of Americans will likely find impossible to carry out: stop eating raw cookie dough.

“Avoid raw or partially cooked eggs or foods containing raw eggs, such as cookie dough,” USDA advised in an email over the weekend. cookie1

Carrying out that simple 15-word recommendation would radically change millions of lives, from families who routinely bake cookies and invite the kids to scoop batter out of the bowl, to people who scarf down pre-packaged cookie dough, to everyone who eats cookie dough found in ice cream.

Simply put, it’s not immediately clear that America is ready to take on USDA’s mission. But it’s also unclear if it’s necessary — there is something of a debate over whether it’s safe to eat cookie dough, or whether the risk of getting salmonella from raw eggs is too high.

Some, like FoodBeast.com, say it’s “actually really hard to get salmonella from eggs.” The site has an article up noting that bakers routinely eat batter and never get sick, and say the trick is in making sure the eggs are refrigerated.

And cookie dough found in ice cream is pasteurized, making it safe to eat, according to various online food experts.

But many still note the danger, and the 2009 recall of raw dough from Nestle that got dozens of people sick from E. coli. A Las Vegas mother died in 2013 of E. coli after eating raw cookie dough.

EatRight.Org, a group of food and nutritional professionals, sides with USDA, and says people must “resist the cookie dough temptation.”

“Sampling the batter while baking holiday treats may seem like as much of a tradition as singing carols or decorating the house, but eating batter or cookie dough that contains raw eggs can lead to salmonella poisoning,” the group warns.

“It’s especially important to teach children to not eat cookie dough containing raw eggs, as young children are more vulnerable to food poisoning,” it said. “Before you begin cooking with children, discuss the Cookie Rookie Pledge together to help them understand what they can do to stay healthy and happy, and enjoy their cookies too!”

The pledge says kids should wait until cookies are “fully baked” before eaten. “Steer clear of licking spoons, bowls and beaters!” it said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cookiedough; ecoli; foodnazis; health; nannystate; raweggs; salmonella; usda
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

61 posted on 12/24/2014 9:59:41 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: MtnMan101

She has a rock hard A$$!

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62 posted on 12/24/2014 10:00:07 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

>> “Avoid raw or partially cooked eggs or foods containing raw eggs” <<

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Truly nonsensical advice!

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63 posted on 12/24/2014 10:01:44 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SparkyBass
We heard you was comin' Ms. Moochelle, so we filled up the hog trough.


64 posted on 12/24/2014 10:02:16 AM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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To: trisham
"This is ridiculous."

Yes it is, and it got me thinking in terms of just the last year; is there anything the gov't has done in 2014, that has not been ridiculous?

65 posted on 12/24/2014 10:03:34 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: MtnMan101

66 posted on 12/24/2014 10:09:19 AM PST by mylife
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To: editor-surveyor

yes, but correction....HE has a rock hard ass......as in NOT female!


67 posted on 12/24/2014 10:11:38 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

NEVER!


68 posted on 12/24/2014 10:12:13 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Before the Nanny state, back when America was a free country, people commonly ate raw eggs.

When I was a kid we ate raw eggs on Grandma’s farm - fresh from the chicken.

Even into the 1960’s in the bars and beer halls you could get an egg in your beer for 5¢ or 10¢.

There used to be some recipes around for hangover remedies that were made with raw eggs.


69 posted on 12/24/2014 10:13:34 AM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: PoloSec

Yes, there is also the traitorous and the unconstitutional.


70 posted on 12/24/2014 10:13:59 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This might get the attention of the Lofos, but it lacks an enforcement mechanism. At least I hope so.


71 posted on 12/24/2014 10:16:43 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: editor-surveyor
She has a rock hard A$$!

It's named Barack.

72 posted on 12/24/2014 10:17:07 AM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: nascarnation


73 posted on 12/24/2014 10:19:52 AM PST by Iron Munro (D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Eating cookie dough isn’t my thing, but another in a long line of government attempts at controlling/manipulating personal behavior that “it” finds unacceptable.

GTH USGOV.


74 posted on 12/24/2014 10:27:05 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Any government big enough to actually give a damn about your cookie dough...


75 posted on 12/24/2014 10:30:34 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I have a sudden urge to go out and buy large quantities of cookie dough.....


76 posted on 12/24/2014 10:41:15 AM PST by Politicalkiddo ("How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Carrying out that simple 15-word recommendation would radically change millions of lives, from families who routinely bake cookies and invite the kids to scoop batter out of the bowl, to people who scarf down pre-packaged cookie dough, to everyone who eats cookie dough found in ice cream.

Wrong! Try again "The Blaze."

The stuff in ice cream is safe to eat "raw"." Duh. Has no eggs. They wouldn't sell it otherwise.

77 posted on 12/24/2014 10:44:25 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Government tells Americans to stop eating cookie dough

Americans tell government to shut the eff up and turn their attention to matters that (a) concern them and (b) they know something about.

78 posted on 12/24/2014 11:10:38 AM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Reading C.S.Lewis is good for my eyes, mind and soul. I love your post. Keep up the good work.


79 posted on 12/24/2014 11:20:21 AM PST by Tomato lover
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To: MtnMan101

She does have a masculine face.


80 posted on 12/24/2014 11:55:55 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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