Consumer Law

Nestle Cookie Dough E. Coli Update

By Andy Hoffman

We told you several days ago about a young woman who filed a lawsuit against Nestle after some of the company?s cookie dough put her in the hospital with E. coli poisoning.  Here are some related developments.

The FDA has confirmed that it found E. coli in a sample of Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Cookie dough at Nestle?s Danville, VA plant.

This same plant ?refused to give inspectors access to pest-control records, environmental-testing programs and other information, according to newly released inspection reports covering the past five years.?

No wonder the cause of the E. coli outbreak remains a mystery.  Cookie dough has been linked to salmonella (due to its raw egg component), but not the particular strain of E. Coli at issue here (which derives from the intestines of cattle). 

Meanwhile, tainted-dough-related lawsuits, which hopefully will help dig up the truth, continue to mount (here, here, here).

Full post as published by ThePopTort on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).