FDA Warning - Nestle Recalls Toll House Cookie Dough

If you're a fan of raw cookie dough, (and who isn't?), you need to know that Nestle has just recalled all varieties of its prepackaged, refrigerate Toll House cookie dough due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7.

The FDA is warning consumers not to ingest any of the Nestle's Toll House Cookie Dough. Cooking the dough is not safe either, because consumers could get bacteria on their hands and on cooking surfaces.

Another reminder from the FDA is never to eat raw any food that is meant to be cooked before eating. Always wash hands before and after food preparation and clean any cooking surfaces.

E. coli O157:H7 causes abdominal cramping, vomiting and a diarrheal illness, often with bloody stools. Most healthy adults can recover completely within a week. Young children and the elderly are at highest risk for developing HUS, which can lead to serious kidney damage and even death.

If you have any Nestle Toll House cookie dough, do not eat it whether it is baked or raw. Since March there have been 66 reports of illness in 28 states.