The Real Reason You Should Never Eat Raw Cookie Dough

Although it tastes delicious, eating raw cookie dough really isn't safe. In 2009, people across the United States suffered from severe food poisoning after eating raw cookie dough. It turned out, the raw flour was contaminated with E coli bacteria. Eating raw cookie dough can also be risky, since the eggs can be contaminated with Salmonella, which makes nearly 80,000 people sick in the US every year.

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The Real Reason You Should Never Eat Raw Cookie Dough

[cammronn]

I have eaten an insane amount of cookie dough in my 20 years of my life and have never got food poisoning or felt sick eating cookie dough.

[nicouyen]

“How’d you end up in the hospital?!”


“I ate cookie dough.”

[pusheen]

Just bake the flour by itself for 5 min and add no eggs you could eat all dat cookie dough you want

[CoughE]

"You can have one spoon full"
*** *grabs the largest spoon on earth* ***

[escalaramadrid]

who’s watching this while eating cookie dough 🌚..

[blueanju]

Feed anything to college students and they will survive.

[cheeseburgermonkey]

*watches the video while eating the cookie dough* hmmmm...

[kaitlynjensen]

3:41 those are some nasty looking cookies y’all

[nichoIas_]

Next video:

*Why you shouldn't drink raw water*

[evaristegalois]

Watching this video while eating raw cookie dough

[rabbiitdog]

* hears about bloody diohirea (lol I can't spell)and kidney damage*
Me: *tries to puke up all cookie dough*

[Jo-chilin]

I’m a baker and I bake the cookies I “taste test” my dough everyday and I’m still alive. Ima keep doing it

[charizardgarfild]

**Watches this video while eating cookie dough*
Video: Many experienced vomiting and bloody diarrhea, and some had severe kidney damage.
**Pauses the video*
**Thinks for a moment*
**Continues eating cookie dough*

[ItsMoxBTW]

We here for a good time not a long time.

[ItsWil]

2:51
WHY ARE YOU PUTTING THE SPOON BACK

[Pfyzer]

Thats cuz yall's stomach are WEAK!

[SilentAngel_YT]

Never had that problem and I've been eating cookie dough for 28 years

[pinkythebluefox]

I ate raw cookie dough before
I was fine
No sickness
No hospital
I WaS cOmPlEtLy FiNe

[jaydeh.]

*Cookie Monster wants to know your location*

[Bexa-]

We’re here for a good time, not a long time.
*Proceeds to shove cookie dough into mouth*