An expanded investigation by state and federal health investigators will include an examination of the flour supplier to the cookie dough plant in the Nestle E. coli outbreak.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokeswoman Stephanie Kwisnek told the Danville News that the agency will work with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to look at the flour supplier to Nestle’s major cookie dough plant in Danville, Virginia. The plant has been idled since Nestle Toll House cookie dough was first associated publicly with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened at least 72 people in 30 states.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is accepting cases from the outbreak, nationwide. If you or a loved one has been sickened with E. coli or HUS — a severe complication of E. coli infection — after eating or baking with Nestle cookie dough, contact an E. coli attorney at our firm. The contact number is 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free). If you would rather communicate online, complete one of our forms for a free case consultation.
Over the years, Pritzker Olsen has collected tens of millions of dollars for victims of food poisoning. The firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and it has the resources, experience and skill to represent you against a large multi-national firm such as Nestle and Nestle USA.
The FDA has confirmed a finding of E. coli O157:H7 in a previously unopened package of Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough obtained at the Danville plant. Tests are being conducted to determine if the pathogen shares the same molecular fingerprint as the outbreak strain of E. coli.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 34 patients in the Nestle cookie dough E. coli outbreak have been hospitalized and at least 10 of those individuals have been treated for HUS, or hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure that also attacks a person’s red blood cells.
The patients range in age from 2 to 65 years old, but most are female and under the age of 19. Nestle cookie dough packages contain a warning not to eat the product uncooked, but Pritzker Olsen is confident that the company will be held accountable for damages suffered by victims of the outbreak because the dough has been a popular raw snack item for many years and Nestle has been aware of this consumption trend. Our firm is currently representing E. coli victims nationwide and is ready to assist you.
