The CDC has released updated illness counts on the multistate E. coli O157:H7 outbreak attributed to Nestle Toll House cookie dough.  As of Friday, July 31, 2009, 80 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular DNA fingerprint have been reported from 31 states.  Of these, 70 have been confirmed by [...]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”)  has released new data from the Nestle Toll House cookie dough E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.  As of July 10, the CDC reports that 76 persons from 31 states have been infected with the outbreak strain (E. coli 0157:H7).  Thirty-five persons have been hospitalized, 11 with a severe complication called [...]

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just released updated Nestle Toll House cookie dough E. coli O157: H7 outbreak numbers:  There are now 70 confirmed cases in 30 states, with 25 persons being hospitalized and 7 experiencing complications from hemolytic uremic syndrome. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona [...]

Nestle USA of Glendale, California, has issued a nationwide recall of Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after FDA and CDC officials linked consumption of the cookie dough to 66 E. coli illnesses in 28 states since March 1.   Approximately 25 people have been hospitalized, and 7 have reported complications of hemolytic uremic syndrome.  No deaths [...]