Uh-oh!! Looks like my favorite cookie dough company is being blamed for not releasing inspection reports or giving access to inspectors into their Toll House production facility in Danville, VA “which is now at the center of a suspected outbreak of E. coli bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• 300,000 units of prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House brand cookie dough were recalled
• At least 69 people have been sickened
• The span of the sicknesses has reached 29 states
• At least 2 lawsuits were filed against Nestle

Let’s get to the bottom of this. Clean the facility and keep making more (safe) cookie dough!!!

Source: http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/06/nestle-withheld-info-on-cookie-dough-contamination-fda-says/

Here’s a list of the cookie dough products by Nestle that have dangers of e.coli poisoning:

Straight from the website itself:

“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.”

It’s a really big shame, since Nestle’s cookie dough rates #1 on my list for best at-home cookies from premade doughs. We are being urged to not even eat these doughs cooked because the bacteria can travel from the dough to our hands to the countertops, appliances, etc where there still is a danger of consuming them and getting sick. Can’t wait til they’re safe to eat again!!!!!!!!