U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a message for anyone eating raw cake batter: Stop.Health officials have traced a multi-state Escherichia coli (E.Coli) outbreak to cake mix.
E.Coli are bacteria found in the environment, food and intestines of people and animals.Most strains are harmless, but others can cause life-threatening illnesses.
Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, vomiting, urinary tract infections, pneumonia and respiratory disease.RELATED: 295K pounds of raw beef recalled over possible E.
coli concernsAs of last week, 16 people have been infected with the 0121 strain since February, but experts believe the true number of infections to be much higher.Seven infections have resulted in hospitalizations, but no deaths.