http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/07/is-nestle-toll-house-cookie-dough-really-to-blame-for-e-coli-scare/ Your source for legal news Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/07/is-nestle-toll-house-cookie-dough-really-to-blame-for-e-coli-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Bill Marler Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:56:53 +0000 http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2009/07/is-nestle-toll-house-cookie-dough-really-to-blame-for-e-coli-scare/#comment-395 If you knew anything about E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogenic E. coli, you would understand that it is not unusual to find multiple strains in an outbreak. So far two strains of E. coli that can cause human illness and death have been found in sample of Nestle product (in the plant retained sample and in one of my clients' left over product). The fact that the PFGE (genetic fingerprint) of the now three types of E. coli do not match is not even remotely relevant. The CDC did a remarkable job linking the now 74 people with the same PFGE and MLVA patterns to each other and the consumption on Nestle Cookie Dough. If you knew anything about E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogenic E. coli, you would understand that it is not unusual to find multiple strains in an outbreak. So far two strains of E. coli that can cause human illness and death have been found in sample of Nestle product (in the plant retained sample and in one of my clients’ left over product). The fact that the PFGE (genetic fingerprint) of the now three types of E. coli do not match is not even remotely relevant. The CDC did a remarkable job linking the now 74 people with the same PFGE and MLVA patterns to each other and the consumption on Nestle Cookie Dough.

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