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Jun 19, 2009 10:42 pm US/Central
Recall Reminds Girl Of Her Own E. Coli Infection
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I really hope nobody has to go through that again because I would never want to go through that again because it was a lot of pain," said Alayna.
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Cookie dough lovers should take a good look in their refrigerators and freezers. That treat they love could make them sick.
Nestle is recalling all of its Toll House refrigerated dough. In the past month, E. coli in that dough made 66 people across the country sick. Six of them are kids in Minnesota. One had to get help in the hospital.
From tubs to tubes, chocolate chips, swirls and ones with nuts, Nestle says 300,000 cases of the dough have to go.
Two summers ago, E. coli sent Alayna Sonnesyn to the hospital. It had nothing to do with dough. Her family believes it was water from a lake up north. But, it was that same E. coli strain that made her sick: O157:H7.
"I'm am just really cautious because I know what's it's like. I really hope nobody has to go through that again because I would never want to go through that again because it was a lot of pain," said Alayna.
The food fight isn't over. In just two years spinach, peanut butter, tomatoes and jalapenos were cleared from store shelves.
Senator Amy Klobuchar wants the rest of the country to follow Minnesota's model. She introduced legislation this week that calls for more plant inspections and gives the FDA the power to force recalls.
Meanwhile, Minnesota health officials are trying to trace the latest outbreak.
"There are still a lot of things that we don't know. This is pretty unusual. We don't normally see E. coli 0157 in cookie dough so there are a lot of questions that we can't answer yet," said Carlota Medus.
Theoretically, it should be OK to eat baked Nestle cookies. Health experts said it's not worth the risk handling the dough. It gets on hands and then on other food or countertops and a person still could get sick.
It is still OK to eat Toll House chocolate chips and use baking bars. Cookie dough ice cream is just fine too.
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