CDC warns of Salmonella outbreak linked to raw flour and cookie dough consumption.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has renewed its warning against eating raw cookie dough amid an 11-state salmonella outbreak that has hospitalized three people. The CDC is investigating the outbreak, which has affected people in California, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, and Illinois. The agency is trying to determine the specific brand of flour responsible for the illnesses. To avoid becoming ill, the CDC urges against eating raw doughs or batters, using heat-treated flour, washing surfaces and utensils that touched raw flour, and keeping raw flour separate from foods that won’t be cooked.