# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Utah, 1998-07
> **Food** · Confirmed · 10 ill / 5 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-7a5ce00f9d6d
- **Date:** 1998-07
- **State:** Utah
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Correctional/detention facility
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 10
- **Hospitalizations:** 5
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** ground beef, hamburger
- **Contaminated ingredient:** ground beef
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

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