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Food manufacturer Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after illnesses were reported by people who ate the dough raw.

The company said the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating reported E. coli illnesses that might be related to the ingestion of raw cookie dough.

The FDA said there have been 66 reports of illness across 28 states since March, according to the Associated Press. About 25 people have been hospitalized, but no one has died.

The FDA advised consumers to throw away any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their homes. Retailers, restaurateurs and employees at other food-service operations should also not sell or serve any of the products.

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