# Clostridium perfringens outbreak — Iowa, 1999-09
> **Food** · Suspected · 88 ill / 2 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-1927f1864626
- **Date:** 1999-09
- **State:** Iowa
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Clostridium perfringens
- **Etiology status:** Suspected
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 88
- **Hospitalizations:** 2
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** steak, beef tips
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

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