At present, investigators are still unsure as to the source of the E. coli 0157:H7 in Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough. E. coli generally comes via bovine fecal matter, whereas raw cookie dough would most likely exhibit Salmonella taint from eggs. Since the eggs in these types of highly processed dough would definitely have been pasteurized, the risk of that type of contamination is virtually eliminated anyhow.
Thanks to our friend Bill Marler for covering this outbreak on his blog.
Having just visited Nestle’s website and downloaded the press release regarding the dough recall, I’m bemused by the following sentence: “Providing safe, high quality products is our number one priority.”
No it isn’t! The profitability of your products is your number one priority. The fact that your press release, in the very next paragraph, urges consumers to trust and continue to buy baking morsels and already-baked cookies is exhibit A in the farce perpetrated by your sunny, glowing website full of smiling women and recipes.
Speaking of recipes, I’m headed into the kitchen to make cobbler with Lightsey peaches, plums and blackberries from Austin Farmers’ Market. I believe I’m off of cookies for a while, home made or no! Then, tonite is Dai Due creole dinner at Hotel St. Cecilia – tres exciting.
