The Nestle cookie dough recall that has so far sickened 69 people and put 34 into the hospital --9 with kidney failure-- has taken an unexpected twist.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Nestle had denied access to FDA inspectors to its files of consumer complaints, pest-control records, and other information.
According to the full article (you have to have a subscription to access this), inspectors found "dirty equipment" and 3 "ant-like" creatures during a previous visit to the plant, but did not see fit to close the plant or require further action.
The FDA does not currently have the authority to force companies to provide such records except when they can prove that there is a grave immediate threat to public health. Congress is currently considering legislation to give the FDA this authority.
Forbes has more info here.
Nestle has recalled all raw cookie dough products that came from the suspect plant, but still continues to make pasta sauce and other non-cookie related products there.
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Ant-like? Are there ant-like creatures which are not ants?
That's kind of frightening. How big were these ant-like creatures? Were they intelligent? Did they appear to have access to the machinery? Do they have nefarious plans for the planet that have yet to be uncovered?
I think this might be the real story here.
How to you deny the FDA? I thought they were the government and you had to let them read your files. Scary....
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