WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A simple food-snatch that takes place in kitchens thousands of times every day — sneaking a bit of cookie dough — turned deadly for one American mom who contracted E. coli in the sweet batch she sampled.
Las Vegas mother Linda Rivera died last summer, four years after she ate prepackaged cookie dough that was later found to be contaminated with E. coli. More organs failed over the years after her kidneys stopped functioning, her son testified yesterday at a Food and Drug Administration hearing on food safety.