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Nestle Cookie Dough Recall: Toll House Cookie Dough E. Coli Scare

by Jordan Yerman | June 19, 2009 at 07:34 am

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Nestle has recalled its Toll House cookie dough, after 25 people were hospitalized with E. coli bacterial infection from eating the raw cookie dough.

The FDA advises anyone who has Toll House cookie dough to discard it.

The company said the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related to the ingestion of raw cookie dough.

Eating raw cookie dough is an American childhood tradition- indeed, cookie dough can be fully enjoyed without ever seeing the inside of an oven. But not this dough, at least not for now.

The recall includes refrigerated cookie bar dough, cookie dough tub, cookie dough tubes, limited edition cookie dough items, seasonal cookie dough and Ultimates cookie bar dough. It does not affect any other Toll House products.

Food contaminated by bacteria, viruses and parasites can make you sick. Many people have had foodborne illness and not even known it. It's sometimes called food poisoning, and it can feel like the flu. Symptoms may include the following:

stomach cramps

nausea

vomiting

diarrhea

fever

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Rhonda J Mangus

at 07:41 on June 19th, 2009

Thanks for this, jordan!

Uwe Paschen

at 07:54 on June 19th, 2009

One of the brand names I do not buy.

Maureen Moss (not verified)

at 13:27 on June 19th, 2009

Me and my 2 nephews have been affected. We have and 80oz tub of the dough that we have been eating raw for the past 2 weeks. We all have had stomach problems since then. We just thought it was a bad stomach virus.

Tom Terrific (not verified)

at 20:32 on June 20th, 2009

How in the world did the bacteria get in the dough?

Mom2HaileyB (not verified)

at 13:40 on June 21st, 2009

Is this only bad if its eating raw? One website says if its cooked as directed on the package that it is good u just cannot eat it raw. Please let me know as I have a package i was saving for 4th of July for hubby when he comes home from Korea. Thanks again!

cleoparis (not verified)

at 11:06 on June 22nd, 2009

Thanks for this. I have been looking at alot of sites and none of them give the symptoms. I ate the cookie dough cooked and I have all of the symptoms. so Mom2HaileyB you might want to toss that cookie dough. I woke up vomiting at 3 in the mourning and I thought it was just because I just got too hot and then it dawned on me that I had eated the cookies last night. So please toss that. I am a teenager and it is very painful. I just doin't want anyone else having to deal with this.

crazzychikk (not verified)

at 08:19 on June 23rd, 2009

I ate the raw cookie dough the exact brand and I am fine, my mom always warns me about E. coli but for some reason I have never gotton it. :) I"m just happy I didn't get it and sorry to all of you guys who did.

JDmama (not verified)

at 11:08 on June 25th, 2009

I can't believe people are still eating raw cookie dough. It contains raw eggs, so in effect you are eating raw eggs which everyone knows is not safe due to salmonella poisoning. I remember eating raw cake batter back in the 70's but nowadays I wash my hands immediately after handling anything with raw eggs in it.