WASHINGTON ( CNN ) -- Two federal agencies warned consumers Friday not to eat raw Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough . Consumers are advised to throw out all prepackaged , refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products . The company said it is recalling an estimated 300,000 cases of the dough as a precaution after reports of food-borne illness in 28 states . There are concerns that the premade dough may be contaminated with the bacterium E. coli 0157 : H7 , which causes abdominal cramping , vomiting and diarrhea , the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said . Young children and the elderly can suffer more serious symptoms . Nestle issued a statement saying , `` While the E. coli strain implicated in this investigation has not been detected in our product , the health and safety of our consumers is paramount , so we are initiating this voluntary recall . '' According to Nestle spokeswoman Laurie MacDonald , raw dough was one of the things the sick people reported eating . `` The health and safety of our consumers is our No . 1 priority , '' she said . `` We felt the best thing to do is a voluntary recall . '' She said the company was informed by the FDA Wednesday night `` and immediately took action . '' `` We really want to remind consumers that raw cookie dough should not be eaten , '' she said . Since March , the CDC says , 66 people have become sick in 28 states after eating raw cookie dough . Twenty-five people were hospitalized . No one has died . The FDA and the CDC say people who have become sick after eating refrigerated Toll House cookie dough should contact their doctors . They advise consumers to throw out all prepackaged , refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products . Retailers and restaurateurs should not sell or serve any Toll House cookie dough products , the agencies said . The company said the market share for Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough for the most recent 52-week period was 41 percent . The recall does not include already-baked Toll House cookies , varieties of Toll House morsels , chocolate baking bars or cocoa or Dreyer 's and Edy 's ice cream products with Nestle Toll House cookie dough ingredients .
Two cases of Kentucky Toll House refrigerated bread ##s being recalled . 66 cases of bread - related illness reported in 28 states ; dough is one common link . Dough may be contaminated with E. coli , which causes gastric symptoms . Nestle : E. coli not detected in product ; recall is safety precaution .