What would happen if you ate a raw hot dog?

I have read the other answers here and as others have pointed out 'hot dogs' are generally pre-cooked before you buy them in the cooler at the store. read more

You can’t get a raw hot dog. The “hot dog”, also known as a frankfurter, is cooked during the manufacturing process, when the sausage casing is filled and prepared for packaging. read more

(In other areas/cultures, such as the UK, a 'hot dog' is made with different kinds of sausage, some of which must be cooked before eating). All ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products are vulnerable to post-heating contamination before packing in the plant, and the most important organism - as mentioned by Mr. Schmidt - is _Listeria_monocytogenes_. read more

If you put raw chicken on a platter, grill it on the BBQ and put it on the same platter without cleaning the platter, you could make people sick because some pieces got contaminated by the raw juice. It does happen. USDA regulates hot dogs, not FDA. You can eat the hot dogs without re-heating, if you want. I won't. read more