Nestle Toll House Recalls Cookie Dough
June 19, 2009 by Heather R.
Filed under Chocolate News, Chocolate Products
Nestle is recalling its popular Toll House refrigerated cookie dough this morning after it received complaints from stricken consumers who ate the dough raw.
The FDA is currently investigating 66 supposed E. coli illnesses across 28 states that are reported to be linked to the raw cookie dough, and 25 of those people have been hospitalized though no one has died.
They’re advising consumers, retailers and restaurateurs who have bought the dough to throw it away. Proper baking of the dough would normally kill any E. coli present, but since the dough was eaten raw that precaution obviously wasn’t followed. …read more
