# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Multistate, 2021-02
> **Food** · Confirmed · 16 ill / 7 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-a9d6d29d8de3
- **Date:** 2021-02
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O121)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Private home/residence
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 16
- **Hospitalizations:** 7
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** Cake mix
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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