# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Massachusetts, 2002-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 66 ill / 2 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-a376a0f9573a
- **Date:** 2002-09
- **State:** Massachusetts
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** School/college/university
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 66
- **Hospitalizations:** 2
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** pasta bar;gelatin, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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