NEWS UPDATE:  Health officials continue to investigate the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak attributed to Nestle Toll House cookie dough.   Our original article on the outbreak can be found here. Current cookie dough outbreak statistics Current estimates place the number of illnesses with an identical E. coli O157:H7 DNA fingerprint at 74 in 32 states.  At [...]

The US Centers For Disease Control (“CDC”) has announced updated statistics for the current E. coli outbreak attributed to  Nestle Toll House cookie dough. As of Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 72 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular DNA fingerprint have been reported from 30 states.  Of these, 51 have [...]