FDA confirms E. Coli in Nestlé Toll House cookie dough

A sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestlé plant in Danville, Va. has tested positive for E. coli O157:H7. The sample was taken last week, the Food and Drug Administration reported this week.

Earlier this month, Nestlé recalled all its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough after it was suspected as the cause of a foodborne illness outbreak that so far has sickened 69 persons in 29 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Of those, 34 have been hospitalized and nine have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious complication.

Read this full post on our Safety blog, and read more on how to protect yourself from foodborne illness. For more on the recall and what you should do if you've recently eaten a recalled Nestlé product, see the FDA's Q&A.