Thread by @bzikmundfisher

1/9: "No More Dough?"
Raw cookie dough is fun to eat.
Its taste and texture can’t be beat.
And yet, says @SGottliebFDA,
To cookie dough we must say nay.
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@umichsph @UM_IHPI @CBSSM

https://twitter.com/SGottliebFDA/status/1072144200114806784

2/9: Their message is: consume it not.
Raw dough’s not safe; it must be hot!
Raw eggs and flour can cause you harm,
Director tweets to raise alarm

3/9: It’s true there’s risk in eating dough,
But you can make it safer, though.
Use eggs that have been pasteurized.
They work just fine. You’ll be surprised!

4/9: And don’t use any recalled flour
In cookie dough that you devour.
But if you do the steps above,
The risks are small in dough you love.

5/9: We face some risk most every day
In sushi, burgers, games we play.
We can’t prevent all risk of harm.
Food risks exist on every farm.

6/9: Our goal should be to maximize
Both our safety and our lives.
So if raw dough makes you rejoice,
Accepting risk might be a choice.

7/9: And who am I to give advice
About the risks of this sweet vice?
I research, teach, communicate
About health risks we should abate.

8/9: I’m at the school that says #GoBlue!
And sometimes I eat raw dough too.
But it’s your choice re what to do
Neither FDA nor I are you.

9/9: In other words... theconversation.com/why-public-hea…