# Bacillus cereus outbreak — Massachusetts, 2015-09
> **Food** · Suspected · 5 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-7cfd021e8a20
- **Date:** 2015-09
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Bacillus cereus
- **Etiology status:** Suspected
- **Setting:** Caterer
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 5
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** chicken and rice
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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