The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released a report on a 2009 e-coli outbreak caused by ready-to-bake cookie dough (perhaps some of the overeager bakers confused 'ready-to-bake' for 'ready-to-eat'). Apparently, it was untreated flour rather than eggs that made about 80 people sick.
According to TheAtlantic.com, "The report released by the CDC arrived at two important conclusions: One is that companies that manufacture cookie dough should reformulate their product and make it as safe to eat as a ready-to-eat product. And two, that consumers need more effective education about the hazards of consuming unbaked products."
"More effective education," huh? My mom taught me not to eat raw cookie dough when I was a kid (I may have had my fingers in the bowl at the time). Must every unfortunate incident become an occasion for more government "education"? I don't have much confidence that the government can give people common sense. As this editorial in the Kansas City Star argues, even with better consumer education, "chances are a lot of people will live dangerously and sample the stuff anyway."
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