At least 3 types of E. coli tied to Nestle outbreak
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration official says health investigators have nearly exhausted all leads and may not ever find out what caused cookie dough in the Nestle E. coli outbreak to become contaminated with the pathogen.
ABC's ace reporter Brian Hartman quoted the official, Dr. David Acheson, in a story that also said at least three types of E. coli O157:H7 are now associated with the Nestle outbreak. At least 72 people in 30 states are victims of the outbreak, which has included at least 10 cases of HUS, or hemolytic uremic syndrome, a severe complication of E. coli O157:H7 infection.
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Hartman found insiders who said FDA tests of cookie dough found inside Nestle's plant in Danville, Virginia, showed the presence of E. coli -- but not the type that matched the outbreak strain.
There had been similar results from E. coli tests on Nestle cookie dough recovered previously from a victim's home. Including the outbreak strain of E. coli found in victims, that's three different types of E. coli associated with the cookie dough.
Acheson told ABC that there is no evidence of product tampering.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys continues to accept cases from the Nestle outbreak. Despite the lack of a matching test result, there is strong epidemiological evidence that the cookie dough is what caused so many people to become so sick in so many states. A large number of victims told health investigators they had eaten raw Toll House cookie dough before getting infected. It was on that basis that Nestle agreed to recall ALL VARIETIES of its ready-to-bake Toll House cookie and brownie dough.
ABC reported that Nestle's Danville plant, which has been shut down for inspection and micro-cleaning, is getting ready to reopen for dough-making with all new ingredients.
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