Cookie dough outbreak claims more victims, CDC says in update
July 1st, 2009 joshua
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated the amount of people who’ve been stricken with E. coli poisoning linked to tainted Nestle Toll House cookie dough.
In its most recent report earlier this week, the CDC believes 72 people in 30 states have fallen ill with E. coli infection after eating pre-packaged cookie dough.
Victims range in age from 2 to 65. More than two-thirds of the victims are under the age of 19 and nearly three-quarters are female. At least 34 people have been hospitalized because their symptoms were so serious.
In mid-June, the Food and Drug Administration warned all consumers not to eat any pre-packaged Nestle Toll House cookie dough because it could be contaminated with E. coli.
Further tests have confirmed the bacteria at Nestle’s Danville, Va., processing facility.
