# Scombroid toxin outbreak — Multistate, 2019-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 50 ill / 2 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-75de2f357875
- **Date:** 2019-08
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Scombroid toxin
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Private home/residence;Restaurant: Fast-food (drive up service or pay at counter);Restaurant: Sit-down dining
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 50
- **Hospitalizations:** 2
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** yellowfin tuna
- **Contaminated ingredient:** tuna
- **IFSAC category:** Fish

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