When People Got Sick: Salmonella outbreak, Raw Cookie Dough - May 2023

Key points

This outbreak is over. But any raw cookie dough made with unpasteurized eggs or raw flour can have germs like Salmonella and E. coli. Always follow cookie dough baking instructions in the recipe or on the package label.

Papa Murphy’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Papa Murphy’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
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When people got sick

This chart shows when the 26 people in this Salmonella outbreak got sick.

The true number of sick people in this outbreak was likely much higher than the number reported. This is because many people recover without medical care and are not tested for Salmonella.

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Content Source:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)