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Cookie dough recall continues — Toll House morsels not included
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the United States Food and Drug Administration, and the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections.
As of June 22, 70 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular DNA fingerprint have been reported from 30 states, including five in Colorado. Of these, 41 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test as having the outbreak strain; these confirmatory test results are pending on the others.
Ill persons range in age from 2 to 65 years — 66 percent are younger than 19 and 75 percent are female. Thirty persons have been hospitalized, seven developed hemolytic uremic syndrome but none have died. Reports of these infections increased above the expected baseline in May and continue into June.
Advice to Consumers
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7.
If consumers have any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their home they should throw them away. Cooking the dough is not recommended because consumers might get the bacteria on their hands and on other cooking surfaces.
The recall does not include Nestle Toll House morsels, which are used as an ingredient in many home-made baked goods, or other already baked cookie products.
Individuals who have recently eaten prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House cookie dough and have experienced any of these symptoms should contact their doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should be reported to state or local health authorities.
Consumers should be reminded they should not eat raw food products that are intended for cooking or baking before consumption.
Consumers should use safe food-handling practices when preparing such products, including following package directions for cooking at proper temperatures; washing hands, surfaces, and utensils after contact with these types of products; avoiding cross contamination; and refrigerating products properly.
Retailers, restaurateurs, and personnel at other food-service operations should not sell or serve any Nestle Toll House prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough products subject to the recall.
As of June 22, 70 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular DNA fingerprint have been reported from 30 states, including five in Colorado. Of these, 41 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test as having the outbreak strain; these confirmatory test results are pending on the others.
Ill persons range in age from 2 to 65 years — 66 percent are younger than 19 and 75 percent are female. Thirty persons have been hospitalized, seven developed hemolytic uremic syndrome but none have died. Reports of these infections increased above the expected baseline in May and continue into June.
Advice to Consumers
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7.
If consumers have any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their home they should throw them away. Cooking the dough is not recommended because consumers might get the bacteria on their hands and on other cooking surfaces.
The recall does not include Nestle Toll House morsels, which are used as an ingredient in many home-made baked goods, or other already baked cookie products.
Individuals who have recently eaten prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House cookie dough and have experienced any of these symptoms should contact their doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should be reported to state or local health authorities.
Consumers should be reminded they should not eat raw food products that are intended for cooking or baking before consumption.
Consumers should use safe food-handling practices when preparing such products, including following package directions for cooking at proper temperatures; washing hands, surfaces, and utensils after contact with these types of products; avoiding cross contamination; and refrigerating products properly.
Retailers, restaurateurs, and personnel at other food-service operations should not sell or serve any Nestle Toll House prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough products subject to the recall.
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