Nestle recalls Toll House cookie dough products

[Eyerish]

FYI...

"Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_us/us_nestle_recall

[petronius]

1. Are you supposed to eat it raw?

I've never used this stuff, but I'd be surprised if it didn't have a warning on the package about only eating it after cooking. Which isn't to say that a recall isn't required, of course (and I certainly eat raw dough when I make cookies...)

[Eyerish]

2. Eating the cookie dough is one of the pleasures of making cookies!

I think they process it all so this won't happen...I'm sure they expect a certain amount of consumers will eat it raw. I'm guessing something went wrong in that process and there was a greater exposure to E Coli.

[petronius]

3. No argument from me - I love raw cookie dough (which is kind of a pointless thing

to say - I mean, who doesn't?)

I guess I was just idly wondering about Nestles' legal predicament - if everyone knows that some cookie dough will be eaten raw, would a warning on the package be enough CYA?

[Captain Hilts]

10. It's made with pasteurized eggs. nt

[TimeChaser]

4. Oh shit

I've been occasionally having nibbles of the stuff. Haven't gotten sick yet, thankfully.

Time to go toss it out.

[City of Mills]

5. Great, now what am I supposed to have for supper tonight?

:banghead:

[Captain Hilts]

11. It's better for breakfast!

At least for us girls it is.

[supernova]

6. Solution for us raw dough eaters

Use egg beaters or similar product and make your own. You can safely eat away

[HopeHoops]

7. I refuse to buy anything from Nestle or any company they own - not since about 87.

That includes Carnation, Libby's and Contadina.

Nestle is STILL pushing their baby formula on third world nations - sending in representatives to hospitals to convince new mothers that their "formula" is superior to breast milk. Not only is that bullshit, but because of the expense the new mothers water it down to stretch it out, which causes malnutrition, and their breasts go dry. There is NO better source of baby food than a breast - period. Formula is a fine substitute when a mother can't nurse for biological reasons, but Nestle is disgusting.

[Eyerish]

8. Wow....did not know that.

I don't really buy any Nestle products either. Mostly local and organic for me.

Thanks for the info :thumbsup:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear HopeHoops!

Thank you for bringing this up! And wow baby, am I with you. I've been boycotting them (or trying to) since forever!

Those dirty SOB's and their campaign. It still raises my blood pressure something fierce.

They've bought so many companies that you really have to read the fine print on the product to see if they own it.

:rant:

[Captain Hilts]

9. There is no greater threat to our Way of Life than this. nt

[marzipanni]

12. Salmonella is the bacteria that you have to worry about with eggs

but I think eggs in packaged cookie dough are pasteurized, as some posters already mentioned.
E Coli may have gotten into the dough by contamination from a person's unwashed hands, unless they're having the same problem with chickens that they are with beef...feeding them animal by-products instead of a mostly vegetarian diet (free range chickens do eat worms and bugs). Chicken eggs come out of the cloaca, as does chicken poop.