# Bacillus cereus outbreak — Maryland, 2021-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 22 ill / 0 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-cbfd459125a3
- **Date:** 2021-08
- **State:** Maryland
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Bacillus cereus
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Correctional/detention facility
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 22
- **Hospitalizations:** 0
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** Mashed Potatoes
- **Contaminated ingredient:** potatoes, mashed
- **IFSAC category:** Multiple

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