# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Pennsylvania, 2012-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 3 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-11d0bb114fc5
- **Date:** 2012-08
- **State:** Pennsylvania
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Private home/residence
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 3
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** ground beef, meatballs
- **Contaminated ingredient:** beef
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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