# Paralytic shellfish poison outbreak — Washington, 1998-10
> **Food** · Confirmed · 6 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-465d247e251f
- **Date:** 1998-10
- **State:** Washington
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Paralytic shellfish poison
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 6
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** mussels, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Mollusks

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