Cookie dough outbreak tied to 3 types of E. coli
By Kathy Will
ABC News reporter Brian Hartman found sources inside the Nestle cookie dough outbreak investigation who say three types of E. coli have now been associated with the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 72 people in 30 states.
The sources told Hartman that final test results on a previously unopened package of Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough found at Nestle’s primary dough plant in Danville, Virginia, showed a strain of E. coli that did not match the outbreak strain. The result had been similar for E. coli testing of Nestle cookie dough found in the home of a victim of the outbreak. The results indicate that Nestle cookie dough was associated with three different types of E. coli — including the outbreak strain of E. coli found in victims who said they ate raw Nestle cookie dough before getting sick.
