# Yersinia enterocolitica outbreak — Tennessee, 2001-11
> **Food** · Confirmed · 12 ill / 4 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-750318a3e069
- **Date:** 2001-11
- **State:** Tennessee
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Yersinia enterocolitica
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Private home/residence
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 12
- **Hospitalizations:** 4
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** pork, chitterlings
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Pork

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