# Bacillus cereus outbreak — South Carolina, 2020-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 35 ill / 0 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-535acaec608e
- **Date:** 2020-08
- **State:** South Carolina
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Bacillus cereus
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Fast-food (drive up service or pay at counter)
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 35
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 1
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** rice
- **Contaminated ingredient:** rice
- **IFSAC category:** Grains-beans

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