Health
Department
The FDA advises that if consumers have any prepackaged, refrigerated
Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their home that they
throw them away. Cooking the dough is not recommended because
consumers might get the bacteria on their hands and on other
cooking surfaces.
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.
Nestle USA, which manufactures and markets the Toll House cookie
dough, is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation by
the FDA and CDC. The warning is based on an ongoing epidemiological
study conducted by the CDC and several state and local health
departments. Since March 2009 there have been 66 reports of
illness across 28 states. Twenty-five persons were hospitalized;
7 with A form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
(HUS). No one has died.
E. coli O157:H7 causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody
stools. Most healthy adults can recover completely within a
week. Young children and the elderly are at highest risk for
developing HUS, which can lead to serious kidney damage and
even death.
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.
FDA reminds consumers 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. For more information on
safe food handling practices, go to http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm109899.htm.
Consumers who have additional questions about these products
should contact Nestle consumer services at 1-800-559-5025 and/or
visit their website at www.verybestbaking.com
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