# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — California, 2003-08
> **Food** · Confirmed · 18 ill / 6 hosp / 2 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-d89bde02c6d3
- **Date:** 2003-08
- **State:** California
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Other
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 18
- **Hospitalizations:** 6
- **Deaths:** 2
## Source
- [NORS Dashboard](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/)
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