# Shigella flexneri outbreak — California, 2023-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 61 ill / 9 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-2ebea00f640c
- **Date:** 2023-08
- **State:** California
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Shigella flexneri
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Banquet Facility (food prepared and served on-site)
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 61
- **Hospitalizations:** 9
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** chicken dishes
- **Contaminated ingredient:** chicken
- **IFSAC category:** Chicken

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