Nestlé Toll House Updates on Refrigerated Cookie Dough Recall

Nestle stressed that at this point, the E. coli strain implicated in the CDC investigation has not been detected in the company’s products. FDA investigators have been working at Nestle’s Danville, VA production facility, along with Nestlé experts, to obtain dough samples for testing.

25/06/09 Nestlé USA’s Baking Division is continuing to work with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), together with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on an investigation into reported E. coli 0157:H7 illnesses that may be related to consumption of raw cookie dough.

Nestle stressed that at this point, the E. coli strain implicated in the CDC investigation has not been detected in the company’s products.  FDA investigators have been working at Nestle’s Danville, VA production facility, along with Nestlé experts, to obtain dough samples for testing.  As well, the investigators are testing the company’s equipment, water and air handling systems.  They’re also analyzing detailed production records and reviewing procedures.

Nestle said that they have temporarily suspended production at its Danville facility and stopped shipping product to our retail customers.  They estimate that about 300,000 cases of product have been removed from sale since the recall began.

Nestlé announced a voluntary recall of all of our Nestlé TOLL HOUSE refrigerated cookie dough on June 19, 2009.  No other Nestlé TOLL HOUSE products are impacted, including already baked TOLL HOUSE cookies purchased outside the home, all varieties of Nestlé TOLL HOUSE morsels, chocolate baking bars, or cocoa, and Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream products with Nestlé TOLL HOUSE cookie dough ingredients. Also, the recall does not include any Nestlé Professional cookie dough products that are destined for foodservice use, including frozen Nestlé TOLL HOUSE cookie dough and cookie dough “mix-ins” purchased outside the home.