# Salmonella enterica outbreak — Multistate, 1999-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 157 ill / 16 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-c549ffdc92ca
- **Date:** 1999-08
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Salmonella enterica (Muenchen)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 157
- **Hospitalizations:** 16
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** alfalfa sprouts
- **Contaminated ingredient:** sprouts
- **IFSAC category:** Sprouts

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