Dangerous Cookie Dough!

[Cunae]

Damn... I love raw cookie dough!

Food Poison Journal

Posted at 4:17 AM on June 19, 2009 by Mary Siceloff
Nestle Toll House Raw Cookie Dough Linked to E. coli Outbreak in 28 States

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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) issued a press release on June 18 about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 which has been under investigation by several state health departments and the CDC. The CDPHE release (http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/release/2009/061809.html) revealed that 66 people in 28 states have been sickened, and that epidemiological evidence is strong that the vehicle is Nestle Toll House uncooked cookie dough. The CDPHE reports that there are five cases in Colorado; two have been hospitalized and one has developed HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome).
Reports had been surfacing about the potential link to Nestle Toll House raw Cookie Dough, but the Colorado release was the first official announcement. Made late in the day, the press release urged consumers to stay away from the product until more information was available.

"We can’t be certain that raw cookie dough is the source of these infections, but we are concerned enough that it might be and want consumers to be aware," said Colorado foodborne illness epidemiologist Alicia Cronquist.
Further information is expected today.

[watersprite]

I am safe. Id drove my blood sugar through the roof.

[Aoife]

What is wrong with our food/food producers?!?! Seems like there is always something like this anymore

[Cloaked Raven]

I don't purchase pre-packaged cookie dough, I make my own.

Mmm... Mom's recipe for homemade chocolate chip cookies... Tasty. :mmm:

[Fairy Disturbed]

I would die with a smile on my face :smile:

mmm, cookie dough!!!

[brymble]

The wonderful thing about homemade cookie dough, is that if you want to snack on the raw dough instead of baking it, you can eliminate the eggs. Or, you can substitute flax meal, and rationalize that you're getting Omega-3's, so you can pretend the cookie dough is healthy.

[SilverClaw]

Well we are safe that is not the stuff we buy !


I don't purchase pre-packaged cookie dough, I make my own.If we can afford to make our own we do too :D Either that or I buy cookie dough ice cream and that way I am at least covered :D

[Lunacie]

Anything with raw (uncooked) eggs has the potential for danger. I thought everyone knew this? I guess people think if someone puts it in a package it must be safe to eat... even though it says on the package that the product needs to be cooked and shouldn't be eaten raw.

And if it doesn't say that on the package, then Nestle brand may be in a world of hurt.

[Zoritsa_Nepenthe]

Anything with raw (uncooked) eggs has the potential for danger. I thought everyone knew this? I guess people think if someone puts it in a package it must be safe to eat... even though it says on the package that the product needs to be cooked and shouldn't be eaten raw.

And if it doesn't say that on the package, then Nestle brand may be in a world of hurt.

Edited because I looked further into it,and I saw that I was wrong in my thinking.

Also wanted to add....I have a recipe for raw cookie dough and make when I make my cookies.That way my son can nibble on the egg free dough while I cook the real cookies.

[DaevaDE]

Wow thats scary but not unexpected.

Seriously though, raw eggs are always risky. I've eaten tons of cookie dough and other questionable food and never gotten sick in my life because of it. So i'm not worried. Plus i dont buy premade cookie doughs, if I really want it I make it myself tastes better anyways :mmm:

[Lunacie]

Edited because I looked further into it,and I saw that I was wrong in my thinking.

Also wanted to add....I have a recipe for raw cookie dough and make when I make my cookies.That way my son can nibble on the egg free dough while I cook the real cookies.

My brain was playing leap-frog on me. I remembered the danger but not the specific. Yes, it's usually samonella - I don't have any idea how e-coli would get into cookie dough then. It's usually associated with raw meat isn't it?


Did a web-search for dangers in eating uncooked eggs and found this interesting little factoid...


The older the consumed egg, the more likely you are to be struck by lightning after consuming it.
I have no idea why this is.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/05/what-makes-raw-eggs-dangerous.html

too funny ... :hehehe:

[Djiril]

I stopped eating raw, pre-packaged cookie dough when I noticed the warning. I still eat it raw if I mix it myself, because I at least know where it's been.

[memnoch]

the wife loves it, but we tend to stick to Pillsbury, so we are safe for now.

[Terra Mater]

The longer the time between the cracking of the egg to the eating of the dough, the worse the risk becomes. That is why I have never eaten cookie dough (as an adult) that I did not make myself.

And did I actually see someone say that they make their own if they can afford it? I can get five dozen cookies for alot cheaper making them from scratch than using brand name prepackaged dough.

[WitchJezebel]

While I think it really sucks that people have gotten sick, this dough is not meant to be eaten raw. If you ate the dough raw and got sick I've no sympathy for you - you always run a risk when eating pre-packaged products, eating an uncooked pre-packaged product is well, just not very smart.

[Corvis Canis Latrans]

Anything with raw (uncooked) eggs has the potential for danger. I thought everyone knew this? I guess people think if someone puts it in a package it must be safe to eat... even though it says on the package that the product needs to be cooked and shouldn't be eaten raw.

And if it doesn't say that on the package, then Nestle brand may be in a world of hurt.

Agreed. And I think there is a warning on the label, though it's been a while since I've made cookies and I'd have to check.

I thought people knew better, too.

It's always been a given that raw cookie dough whether made at home or bought from a store, might well have salmonella, we were taught that in kindergarten. E. Coli and people are surprised? Uh, no?