# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Multistate, 2002-06
> **Food** · Confirmed · 47 ill / 19 hosp / 1 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-dd68aea487bd
- **Date:** 2002-06
- **State:** Multistate
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Unknown
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 47
- **Hospitalizations:** 19
- **Deaths:** 1
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** ground beef, unspecified
- **Contaminated ingredient:** —
- **IFSAC category:** Beef

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