# Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing outbreak — Pennsylvania, 2012-09
> **Food** · Confirmed · 9 ill / 7 hosp / 0 deaths
## Outbreak
- **NORS ID:** NORS-fef5bea806f5
- **Date:** 2012-09
- **State:** Pennsylvania
- **Primary mode:** Food
- **Etiology:** Escherichia coli, Shiga toxin-producing (O157:H7)
- **Etiology status:** Confirmed
- **Setting:** Restaurant: Sit-down dining
## Impact
- **Illnesses:** 9
- **Hospitalizations:** 7
- **Deaths:** 0
## Food vehicle

- **Food:** Salads
- **Contaminated ingredient:** romaine lettuce
- **IFSAC category:** Vegetable Row Crops

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