Dough a dear treat, despite recall
2
2A Saturday, June 20, 2009 ••• charlotteobserver.com • The Charlotte Observer A McClatchy Newspaper Published every morning (USPS 100-760) DELIVERY ASSISTANCE 800-532-5350 Mon.-Fri.: 6 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat.: 7 a.m.-noon, ® To d ay’s T a lk Newsman Cronkite gravely ill, reports say Walter Cronkite, the 92-year-old former anchor of “The CBS Evening News,” has reportedly taken a turn for the worse, ac- cording to TVNewser and other online sites. CBS News spokesman Kevin Tedesco had no comment on Friday on Cronkite’s condition. Cronkite has been ill for some time. The face of CBS News for more than two decades, Cron- kite was named “the most trusted man in America” in a 1972 “trust index” survey. He ended each broadcast with the reassuring signoff, “And that’s the way it is.” He left the “Evening News” anchor desk in 1981.— ASSOCIATED PRESS Gisele and T om Brady expecting? People.com reports model Gisele Bundchen is pregnant. Citing two anonymous sources, the report says NFL quarterback Tom Brady’s wife is due early next year. Brady’s mother, Galynn, had no comment on the report. Bundchen’s agent at IMG said she doesn’t comment on clients’ personal lives. Brady has a son, Jack, with actress Bridget Moynahan. Last month, the New England Patriots quarterback said Bundchen was not preg- nant. “One is enough,” he said on May 28. RadarOnline.com previously had report- ed that Bundchen was telling friends she’s pregnant. — ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘Up’ makes 10-year-old’ s final night Colby Curtin got her final wish. The 10-year-old California girl with can- cer desperately wanted to see the new Dis- ney-Pixar animated movie, “Up,” but was too sick to go to a theater. So a family friend got in touch with the movie studio Pixar, and an employee of the company arrived at Colby’s home with a DVD copy , stuffed animals a nd other memo- rabilia, The Orange County Register report- ed Friday. Colby’s mother, Lisa, said she had asked her daughter if she could hang on until the movie arrived. “I’m ready (to die), but I’m going to wait for the movie,” she said her daughter replied. Colby was unable to open her eyes so her mother described the scenes. When asked if she enjoyed it, the girl nodded, Curtin said. The Pixar employee left after the movie, taking the DVD, which has not been re- leased. Colby died later that night. — ASSOCIATED PRESS Oprah happy with school for girls The ‘A’ List CELEBRITY NEWS AND SIGHTINGS MATT SAYLES – ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO ‘Happy Days’ for dads Former “Happy Days” co-stars Erin Moran (left) and Marion Ross pose together at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ “A Father’s Day Salute to TV Dads” on Thursday in Los Angeles. Cronkite Charlotte, said raw cookie dough is her weekend indulgence. She buys it almost every Sunday and isn’t going to stop. “I eat half of it (the cookie By Cameron Steele [email protected] T odd Swanson isn’t as hamed to admit that he and his son eat cookie dough by the tub-full. Ev- ery two weeks, Swanson buys a new gallon of Pillsbury cookie dough, and only one-fourth of the dough makes it to the oven. He says he and his son take it from the container, put it in a bowl and eat it with spoons while watching TV. “Why waste time baking when you can eat it raw?” said Swanson, who sells popcorn and doughnuts at Trade and Tryon streets in uptown Charlotte. Despite Friday’s massive recall of Nestle Toll House cookie dough – and advice from doctors that eating raw dough increases the risk of ill- ness – many local dough-eaters like Swanson say they don’t in- tend to give up the indulgence. It’s just too tasty, they say, although some acknowledge they’ll switch away from Nestle, which holds 41 percent of the prepared cookie dough market. Nestle USA voluntarily recall- ed all of its Toll House refrigerat- ed cookie dough products after the federal Centers for Disease Control linked eating raw dough to 65 E. coli illnesses nationwide since March, including two in the Carolinas. About 25 people have been hospitalized but no one has died. Swanson, though, says the re- call “doesn’t bother me one bit.” Of 22 Charlotte-area people in- terviewed Friday, only four said they do not eat raw cookie dough. Most of those people said they’re not worried about the recall, ei- ther. Nationally, raw cookie dough is so popular that it has spawned more than 40 groups on Face- book. Lauren Thompson, a 25-year-old graphic designer from dough tube) raw and I probably still will, but just not Nestle,” Thompson said. Lauren Hatcher, a dietitian at LiveWELL, Carolinas HealthCare System, says eating any kind of cookie dough is risky because it contains raw eggs, which can car- ry bacteria such as salmonella. The eggs in Nestle Toll House’s dough are pasteurized, which eliminates most of the risk of sal- monella infection from raw eggs. But other ingredients could con- tain pathogens or bacteria, and the company warns in product la- bels not to eat the dough raw. Two UNC Charlotte students, Chelsea Tubridy and Becca Heil- braun, said they eat Nestle Toll House cookie dough every week to relieve stress. When told about the recall, they vowed never to eat that brand again. But they’ll prob- ably continue their dough-eating ways. “I’ll probably continue to eat it raw but switch to a different kind or something,” Heil- braun said. “It’s the best food in the world.” The girls said they rely on cookie dough as comfort food, some- thing they think they’ll need more of now that they’re in college. Not everyone is willing to take the risk. Savannah Nun- nery, 14, said she’s afraid to eat raw cookie dough now, because she takes consumer advice seriously. Her mother, a baker, used to buy her prepackaged cookie dough once a month so that she wouldn’t be tempted to eat the sweets her mom makes from scratch. But Nunnery said that’s going to stop now that she’s heard of the recall. “I’m scared of this kind of thing,” she said. “I mean I haven’t eaten peanut butter since they did (recalled) that,” referring to the 2007 recall of Peter Pan peanut butter. But Swanson says he’s not rea- dy to change his ways anytime soon. He also eats raw muffin, cake and brownie mixes in addi- tion to cookie dough. “Nothing has killed me yet,” he said. — STAFF WRITER JEN ARONOFF AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CONTRIBUTED. Dough a dear treat, despite recall Recall details Nestle USA voluntarily recalled all of its Toll House refrigerated cook- ie dough products after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised consumers to throw away Nestle Toll House cookie dough and asked retailers, restaurateurs and other food-service operations not to sell or serve any of the products. Area supermarket chains, including Food Lion and Harris Teeter, said Friday they were removing the affected cookie dough from their shelves and offering full refunds to customers who had purchased it. Nestle said the company has temporarily stopped making the refrig- erated dough products while the FDA investigates its factory. The recall includes refrigerated cookie bar dough, cookie dough tubs, cookie dough tubes, limited edition cookie dough items, seasonal cookie dough and Ultimates cookie bar dough. Nestle said about 300,000 cases of Nestle Toll House cookie dough are affected by the recall, which covers chocolate chip dough, gingerbread, sugar, peanut butter dough and other varieties. The recall does not include Toll House chocolate chips or baking bars, or Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream products with Nestle Toll House cookie dough ingredients. Swanson Heilbraun Tubridy Even after cases of illness reported, raw cookie ingredients continue to entice area residents. Associated Press LONDON — Guinness World Re- cords said Friday that 113-year-old British World War I veteran Henry Allingham has become the world’s oldest man. The previous holder of the title, Tomoji Tanabe, died in his sleep in southern Japan earlier Friday at age 113. Allingham is one of only two known surviving World War I vet- erans in Britain. He celebrated his 113th birthday June 6. He has been Britain’s oldest man since January 2007. Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said the last Englishman to hold the ti- tle of world’s oldest man was Fred- erick Butterfield, who died in March 1974 at age 110. Allingham joined the Royal Na- val Air Service in 1915, and a year later took part in the Battle of Jut- land, the war’s largest naval battle. During World War II, he worked on measures to counter mines. Allingham joined activities in- volving other war veterans after he met Dennis Goodwin, an inde- pendent inspector for residential care homes who orga- nized trips for veter- ans who wanted to return to the conti- nent where they had fought. Goodwin encour- aged Allingham to share his expe- riences. He soon became one of the nation’s most outspoken veter- ans and has long encouraged peo- ple to remember the sacrifices of those who died. He and his late wife, Dorothy, had two children. He has five grandchildren, 12 great grandchil- dren, 14 great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grand- child. British WWI vet now world’s oldest man Allingham DEATHS IN THE NEWS Tomoji Tanabe, the world’s oldest man, died in his sleep in Japan. 4B charlotteobserver.com Entérese Charlotte Latino electo en N.C. di ce adio ´s http://enteresecharlotte.blog- spot.com U.S. Open See photos of action at Beth- page Black at www.charlotteobser Here are the winning numbers selected Friday. N.C. Lottery CAROLINA PICK 3 Midday: 1-6-3 Lottery Results
Transcript of Dough a dear treat, despite recall
2A Saturday, June 20, 2009 ••• charlotteobserver.com • The Charlotte Observer
A McClatchy NewspaperPublished every morning
(USPS 100-760)
DELIVERY ASSISTANCE800-532-5350Mon.-Fri.: 6 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat.: 7 a.m.-noon,
®
Today’s Talk
Newsman Cronkitegravely ill, reports say
Walter Cronkite, the 92-year-old formeranchor of “The CBS Evening News,” hasreportedly taken a turn for the worse, ac-cording to TVNewser and other onlinesites.
CBS News spokesman KevinTedesco had no comment onFriday on Cronkite’s condition.Cronkite has been ill for sometime.
The face of CBS News formore than two decades, Cron-kite was named “the mosttrusted man in America” in a1972 “trust index” survey. He
ended each broadcast with the reassuringsignoff, “And that’s the way it is.”
He left the “Evening News” anchor deskin 1981.— ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gisele and Tom Brady expecting?
People.com reports model Gisele Bundchen
is pregnant. Citing two anonymous sources,the report says NFL quarterback Tom Brady’s
wife is due early next year.Brady’s mother, Galynn, had no comment
on the report. Bundchen’s agent at IMG saidshe doesn’t comment on clients’ personallives.
Brady has a son, Jack, with actress BridgetMoynahan.
Last month, the New England Patriotsquarterback said Bundchen was not preg-nant. “One is enough,” he said on May 28.
RadarOnline.com previously had report-ed that Bundchen was telling friends she’spregnant. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘Up’ makes 10-year-old’s final night
Colby Curtin got her final wish.The 10-year-old California girl with can-
cer desperately wanted to see the new Dis-ney-Pixar animated movie, “Up,” but wastoo sick to go to a theater.
So a family friend got in touch with themovie studio Pixar, and an employee of thecompany arrived at Colby’s home with aDVD copy, stuffed animals and other memo-rabilia, The Orange County Register report-ed Friday.
Colby’s mother, Lisa, said she had askedher daughter if she could hang on until themovie arrived. “I’m ready (to die), but I’mgoing to wait for the movie,” she said herdaughter replied.
Colby was unable to open her eyes so hermother described the scenes. When asked if she enjoyed it, the girl nodded, Curtin said.
The Pixar employee left after the movie,taking the DVD, which has not been re-leased. Colby died later that night.— ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oprah happy with school for girls
The ‘A’ List CELEBRITY NEWS
AND SIGHTINGS
MATT SAYLES – ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
‘Happy Days’ for dadsFormer “Happy Days” co-stars Erin Moran
(left) and Marion Ross pose together at the
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’
“A Father’s Day Salute to TV Dads” on
Thursday in Los Angeles.
Cronkite
Charlotte, said raw cookie doughis her weekend indulgence. She buys it almost every Sunday andisn’t going to stop.
“I eat half of it (the cookie
By Cameron Steele
Todd Swanson isn’t as hamed toadmit that he and his son eatcookie dough by the tub-full. Ev-ery two weeks, Swanson buys anew gallon of Pillsbury cookiedough, and only one-fourth of thedough makes it to the oven.
He says he and his son take itfrom the container, put it in a bowland eat it with spoons while watching TV.
“Why waste time baking when you can eat it raw?” said Swanson,
who sells popcornand doughnuts atTrade and Tryonstreets in uptownCharlotte.
Despite Friday’smassive recall of Nestle Toll Housecookie dough – and
advice from doctors that eatingraw dough increases the risk of ill-ness – many local dough-eaterslike Swanson say they don’t in-tend to give up the indulgence. It’sjust too tasty, they say, althoughsome acknowledge they’ll switchaway from Nestle, which holds 41percent of the prepared cookiedough market.
Nestle USA voluntarily recall-ed all of its Toll House refrigerat-ed cookie dough products afterthe federal Centers for DiseaseControl linked eating raw doughto 65 E. coli illnesses nationwidesince March, including two in theCarolinas. About 25 people have been hospitalized but no one hasdied.
Swanson, though, says the re-call “doesn’t bother me one bit.”
Of 22 Charlotte-area people in-terviewed Friday, only four saidthey do not eat raw cookie dough.Most of those people said they’renot worried about the recall, ei-ther. Nationally, raw cookie doughis so popular that it has spawnedmore than 40 groups on Face- book.
Lauren Thompson, a25-year-old graphic designer from
dough tube) raw and I probablystill will, but just not Nestle,”Thompson said.
Lauren Hatcher, a dietitian atLiveWELL, Carolinas HealthCare
System, says eating any kind of cookie dough is risky because itcontains raw eggs, which can car-ry bacteria such as salmonella.
The eggs in Nestle Toll House’sdough are pasteurized, whicheliminates most of the risk of sal-monella infection from raw eggs.But other ingredients could con-tain pathogens or bacteria, andthe company warns in product la- bels not to eat the dough raw.
Two UNC Charlotte students,Chelsea Tubridy and Becca Heil- braun, said they eat Nestle TollHouse cookie dough every weekto relieve stress. When told aboutthe recall, they vowed never to eatthat brand again. But they’ll prob-ably continue their dough-eating ways.
“I’ll probably continue to eat itraw but switch to adifferent kind orsomething,” Heil- braun said. “It’s the best food in the world.” The girlssaid they rely oncookie dough ascomfort food, some-thing they thinkthey’ll need more of now that they’re incollege.
Not everyone is willing to take therisk.
Savannah Nun-nery, 14, said she’s afraid to eat rawcookie dough now, because shetakes consumer advice seriously.Her mother, a baker, used to buyher prepackaged cookie doughonce a month so that she wouldn’t be tempted to eat the sweets hermom makes from scratch. ButNunnery said that’s going to stopnow that she’s heard of the recall.
“I’m scared of this kind of thing,” she said. “I mean I haven’teaten peanut butter since they did(recalled) that,” referring to the2007 recall of Peter Pan peanut butter.
But Swanson says he’s not rea-dy to change his ways anytimesoon. He also eats raw muffin,cake and brownie mixes in addi-tion to cookie dough.
“Nothing has killed me yet,” hesaid. — STAFF WRITER JEN ARONOFF AND THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS CONTRIBUTED.
Dough a dear treat, despite recall
Recall detailsNestle USA voluntarily recalled all of its Toll House refrigerated cook-
ie dough products after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisedconsumers to throw away Nestle Toll House cookie dough and askedretailers, restaurateurs and other food-service operations not to sell orserve any of the products.
Area supermarket chains, including Food Lion and Harris Teeter, saidFriday they were removing the affected cookie dough from theirshelves and offering full refunds to customers who had purchased it.
Nestle said the company has temporarily stopped making the refrig-erated dough products while the FDA investigates its factory.
The recall includes refrigerated cookie bar dough, cookie doughtubs, cookie dough tubes, limited edition cookie dough items, seasonalcookie dough and Ultimates cookie bar dough. Nestle said about300,000 cases of Nestle Toll House cookie dough are affected by therecall, which covers chocolate chip dough, gingerbread, sugar, peanutbutter dough and other varieties.
The recall does not include Toll House chocolate chips or bakingbars, or Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream products with Nestle Toll Housecookie dough ingredients.
Swanson
Heilbraun
Tubridy
Even after cases of illness
reported, raw cookie
ingredients continue to
entice area residents.
Associated Press
LONDON — Guinness World Re-cords said Friday that 113-year-oldBritish World War I veteran Henry Allingham has become the world’soldest man.
The previous holder of the title,Tomoji Tanabe, died in his sleep insouthern Japan earlier Friday atage 113.
Allingham is one of only twoknown surviving World War I vet-erans in Britain. He celebrated his113th birthday June 6. He has been
Britain’s oldest man since January2007.
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, saidthe last Englishman to hold the ti-tle of world’s oldest man was Fred-erick Butterfield, who died inMarch 1974 at age 110.
Allingham joined the Royal Na- val Air Service in 1915, and a yearlater took part in the Battle of Jut-land, the war’s largest naval battle.During World War II, he workedon measures to counter mines.
Allingham joined activities in- volving other war veterans afterhe met Dennis Goodwin, an inde-
pendent inspectorfor residential carehomes who orga-nized trips for veter-ans who wanted toreturn to the conti-nent where they hadfought.
Goodwin encour-aged Allingham to share his expe-riences. He soon became one of
the nation’s most outspoken veter-ans and has long encouraged peo-ple to remember the sacrifices of those who died.
He and his late wife, Dorothy,had two children. He has fivegrandchildren, 12 great grandchil-dren, 14 great-great grandchildrenand one great-great-great grand-child.
British WWI vet now world’s oldest man
AllinghamDEATHS IN THE NEWS
Tomoji Tanabe, the world’s oldestman, died in his sleep in Japan. 4B
charlotteobserver.com
Entérese Charlotte
Latino electo en N.C. dice adioshttp://enteresecharlotte.blog-spot.com
U.S. OpenSee photos of action at Beth-page Black atwww.charlotteobser
Here are the winning numbersselected Friday.
N.C. LotteryCAROLINA PICK 3
Midday: 1-6-3
Lottery Results
Mon.-Fri.: 6 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat.: 7 a.m.-noon,Sun.: 7a.m.- noon.Interactive voice response automated sys-tem available 24 hours. The call center oper-ates seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Delivery deadlines:Mon.-Fri.: 6 a.m.; Sat.-Sun.: 7 a.m.
Redelivery deadlines:(Available in Mecklenburg County)Mon.-Sat..: until 9 a.m.; Sun.: until 10 a.m.
PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD704-377-5555, 800-532-5348Mon.-Fri.: 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. Fri.: 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
STORY OR PHOTO IDEA704-358-5040Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-midnight Sat.-Sun.: noon-midnight600 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202 (100760)TelephoneSwitchboard.............704-358-5000
Hearing/speech impaired customers:Dial Relay and specify number as listed.N.C.: 800-735-2962 S.C.: 800-735-2905This newspaper is printed in part on recy-cled paper and is recyclable.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES(New rates effective Monday, May 4, 2009.Prices subject to change.)
13 weeks 26 weeks 52 weeks
Daily only $35.10 $70.20 $140.40Fri./Sat./Sun.* $36.40 $72.80 $145.60Daily/Sunday $48.75 $97.50 $195.00(*Includes Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day(Dec. 25). For 2009, Thanksgiving is Nov. 26; For2010, Thanksgiving is Nov. 25.)
Mail DeliveryZones 1, 2, 3, 4 (includes North and SouthCarolina)
1 month 6 months 1 year
Daily $21.17 $127.01 $254.01Sat./Sun. $14.02 $84.11 $168.22Sun. only $12.37 $74.20 $148.40Daily/Sun. $28.03 $168.21 $336.41
For Home Delivery Rates outside Mecklen-burg County and for Mail Rates outsideNorth and South Carolina, please call toll-free 800-532-5350. Postal rates to zones 5, 6,7 and 8 furnished on request. Mail subscrip-tions payable in advance. Local and statesales taxes are applicable in North Carolina.Periodical postage paid at Charlotte, N.C.,and other mailing offices.
Postmaster: Send address changes to theCharlotte Observer, P.O. Box 32188, Char-lotte, NC 28232.
Oprah Winfrey says her dream for the poorgirls attending the $40 million school sheestablished in South Africa is coming true.
The talk show host spoke to The Associ-ated Press on Friday after watching pupilsput on a show at the end of the school’sannual arts festival.
British actress Thandie Newton was one of the instructors at the weeklong festival, in which the girls take part in acting, photog-raphy and fashion design workshops.
Winfrey said she was overwhelmed bythe girls’ talent.
The school opened in 2007. It aims togive girls from poor backgrounds a qualityeducation. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
BIRTHDAYS
Actress Olympia Dukakis, 78. Actor Martin
Landau, 78. Actor Danny Aiello, 76. Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, 67. Singer Anne Mur-
ray, 64. TV personality Bob Vila, 63. SingerLionel Richie, 60. Actor John Goodman, 57. Popmusician John Taylor, 49. Actress Nicole Kid-
man, 42. Actor Josh Lucas, 38. Actor Chris
Mintz-Plasse, 20.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY • JUNE 20
1893: A jury in New Bedford, Mass., foundLizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murdersof her father and stepmother.
1963: The U.S. and the Soviet Unionsigned an agreement to set up a “hot line” between the two superpowers.
HAVE YOU SEEN A CELEBRITY?
Send photos or words about it to [email protected]. Be sure to share your nam eand a daytime phone number.
www.charlotteobserver.com/sports
What’s being readThe top three stories as of 8 p.m. Friday
1. ER doctor arrested; found wifewith men
2. Brows rise with move fromCMS firing to hiring
3. Database: Who was laid off byCMS?
4. Fat City Lofts will becomerentals
5. 2010 recruit has elite talent,work ethic
Who’s bloggingRun, Theoden, Run
Kill time on a Friday afternoonhttp://obsruntheoden.blogspot.com
The Green Side
Tiger’s feeling the squeezehttp://green-side.blogspot.com/Corrections
and ClarificationsThe Observer strives to be accurateand fair. Those values are crucial toour relationship with readers. We arecommitted to correcting our mistakes promptly. Corrections from all mainObserver sections are published here. Errors on Opinion and Viewpoint arecorrected on those pages. Errors fromour regional publications are correc-ted on page 2 of those sections.
Midday: 1-6-3
Evening: Drawn too late for this edi-tion. (Thursday results: 3-0-6)Carolina Pick 4Drawn too late for this edition.(Thursday results: 5-0-9-5)Carolina Cash 5Drawn too late for this edition.(Thursday results: 7-8-18-28-36)
S.C. LotteryPICK 3
Midday: 2-4-6
Evening: 8-0-7
PICK 4
Midday: 2-6-1-4
Evening: 9-4-1-7
PALMETTO CASH 5
4-9-10-26-38 Power Up: 2
MEGAMATCH 6
9-12-16-19-32-33
Visit www.facebook.com/thecharlotteobserver to findrelevant news and contests.
FOLLOW US ON:
Get news from Observerstaffers @theobserver andracing coverage from@thatsracin.
FIND HELPFUL TIPS AT:
Blogs, forums and more.
BECOME OUR FAN ON:
IF YOU SEE A MISTAKE
Please call us at 704-358-5040 or e-mail us at [email protected].
STORY OR PHOTO IDEA?
Call 704-358-5040.
TO PLACE AN AD
Call 704-377-5555 or 800-532-5348.
FOR DELIVERY OR TO SUBSCRIBE
Call 800-532-5350.
