# Listeria monocytogenes outbreak — Texas, 2003-02
> **Food** · Confirmed · 12 ill / 12 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-c33e6c9d2788
- **Date:** 2003-02
- **State:** Texas
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Listeria monocytogenes
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 12
- **Hospitalizations:** 12
- **Deaths:** 1
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** queso fresco, unpasteurized
- **Contaminated ingredient:** cheese
- **IFSAC category:** Dairy

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