Baking & Flour Food Safety
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. Young children are especially vulnerable to serious foodborne illness.
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Flour Is a Raw Ingredient
Flour is a raw ingredient. Wheat comes from the farm, so it’s minimally processed and then packaged for use. Because it’s raw, flour may contain harmful germs, like E. coli and Salmonella, that cause food poisoning. Wash your hands with soap and water after handling raw flour to prevent it from spreading to other foods. Remember to wash bowls, utensils, countertops, and other surfaces that have touched raw flour with hot, soapy water.
Video courtesy of the North American Millers’ Association
Baking & Flour Mythbusters
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Protect Your Child: Food Safety Shareable Graphics
E. coli: Protect Your Child (shareable graphic)
Salmonella: Protect Your Child (shareable graphic)
Say No to Raw Dough (shareable graphic)
Holiday Baking & Food Safety Recorded Webinar
Presenters: Donald Kautter, Senior Advisor/Consumer Safety Officer with the FDA; Sharon Davis, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Home Baking Association
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