Risk of E.Coli 0157 Prompts Nestle to Initiate Recall of Prepackaged Cookie Dough

The risk of E.coli 0157 has prompted Nestle USA’s Baking Division to voluntarily initiate a recall of all Nestle Toll House refridgerated, prepackaged cookie dough products.

The Food and Drug Administration said there have been 66 reports of  illness in 28 states since March 2009. Seven of those with a severe complication called Hemolylic Uremic Syndrome or HUS. 

E. coli 0157 is a bacterium that causes food borne illness. The symptoms of E. coli include cramping, vomiting and diarrhea often with bloody stools. Young children and the elderly are at highest risk  of developing HUS which can cause kidney damage and even death.

Usually E. coli 0157 is diagnosed with a stool sample.

No other Nestle products are involved including baked Toll House cookies purchased outside the home, all varities of Nestle Toll House Morsels, Chocolate Baking Bars or Cocoa and Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream with Nestle Toll House cookie dough ingredients.

For a full list of the prepackaged cookie dough products that Nestle has initiated a recall on because of E. coli 0157 risk, you can visit their Very Best Baking website.