Why was Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough recalled?
http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/tollhouse/dough.aspx NESTLÉ USA’s Baking Division is initiating a voluntary recall of all NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE refrigerated cookie dough products. NESTLÉ is taking this action out of an abundance of caution, after reports of illness that may be related to the consumption of raw cookie dough. NESTLÉ has been, and will continue to cooperate fully with the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control in this investigation. Providing safe, high quality products to our consumers is our number one priority. Consumers who have purchased cookie dough products should not consume them. Instead, we are asking that consumers return these products to their local grocer for a full refund. We invite consumers with questions to contact NESTLÉ Consumer Services at 1-800-559-5025 and visit our web site at w
For young children and the eldery, eating the raw cookie dough manufactured by Nestle Toll House can be fatal. Though no deaths was submitted, due to the pandemic, several suffered from the effects of E. coli o157:H7. Which causes causes abdominal cramping, vomiting and bloody diarrhea; which can damage the intenstines. Nestle Toll House does advise on all of it’s packages; that the consumtion of eating raw cookie dough is unhealthy. A warning that was stronglyl disregarded by a plethora of people; resulting in 66 of E. coli in 28 states since March 2009. It has since then recalled over 300,000 of its products. Resources include the following: http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/19/news/companies/cookie_dough_recall/index.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nestle_recall
