Nestle has long been a leader in the sweets industry, and they are known above all else for their cookies and cookie-related products. One of their relatively recent innovations was refrigerated cookie dough that was sold in different forms, and it sold very well since hitting the market. Unfortunately for many, that all changed today when Nestle announced a voluntary recall of its cookie dough products due to a link to sickness in several people around the United States.

According to the Sacramento Bee:

“Federal authorities are investigating a new outbreak of bacteria-triggered illness related to a sweet treat treasured by the heartbroken and children-at-heart – packaged raw cookie dough.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that, since March, 66 people in 28 states have fallen ill with symptoms caused by e. coli bacteria after eating Nestle Toll House dough raw.

About 25 people have been hospitalized but no one has died. E. coli is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in the most severe cases, kidney failure.

Nestle USA voluntarily recalled all of its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after the FDA advised consumers to throw away any Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their homes and asked retailers, restaurateurs and other foodservice operations not to sell or serve any of the products.”

Obviously, if you have any of these products in your home, return them, discard them or do whatever is necessary to make sure you don’t use them or offer them to anyone else. If you or someone you love has been injured as a result of using defective products, contact the Sacramento defective products lawyers who will work relentlessly to make sure your rights are properly enforced. Contact Demas & Rosenthal today to schedule a free initial consultation.