# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Iowa, 2019-11
> **Food** · Confirmed · 23 ill / 1 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-43ae02cfc5e4
- **Date:** 2019-11
- **State:** Iowa
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O103)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Fast-food (drive up service or pay at counter)
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 23
- **Hospitalizations:** 1
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** clover sprouts
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Sprouts

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