There is something about the term "cookie dough shortage" that doesn’t quite sound serious. Still, the recent events that may lead to such a storage are just that. Elizabeth Weise of the USA Today is reporting that Nestle’s cookie dough may be in short supply after making a change in its process to increase safety.
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ABC News reported today that three separate strains of E. coli O157:H7 have been found in a Nestle USA cookie dough processing plant. ABC’s Briant Hartman writes about the E. coli testing:
Those tests, according to sources familiar with the investigation and confirmed by the FDA, determined the genetic fingerprint of the E. coli found
We have already heard from several families whose children have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) after contracting E. coli O157:H7 from Nestle cookie dough. Most often, though we certainly see cases where the pathalogic process described below affects other organs, HUS affects the kidneys. Here is a short explanation of what HUS is, and why it is so
The Washington State Department of Health has just released further details on the five confirmed Washington E. coli O157:H7 cases connected to the emerging nationwide Nestle cookie dough outbreak:
— May 6, Grays Harbor County woman,
— May 12, Thurston County teenage girl, hospitalized,
— May 15, Pierce County girl,
— May 20, King County
With reports of 66 cases of E. coli O157:H7 across 28 states, Nestle has announced a recall of its Cookie Dough Products. The illnesses include 25 hospitalizations, and 7 cases of hemolytic 
uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a life-threatening complication of E. coli O157:H7 infection, that recently was reported as the cause of death
I am now in possession of potentially E. coli-contaminated Nestle Toll House cookie dough. In an attempt to learn more about the warning labels Nestle prints on its cookie dough packaging, I set out for the supermarket closest to my house. That store happens to be a Fred Meyer. When I arrived, I was surprised