Table 1. Food- and waterborne STEC outbreaks, Finland, 1997–2015.

Year	Number of cases	Serotype	Suspected/confirmed origin
1997	14	STEC O157:H7	Swimming water [32]
1998	5	Not known	Hamburger restaurant [34]
2001	4	STEC O157:H7	Kebab meat [34]
2012	11	STEC O157:H7	Unpasteurised milk, cattle [18]
2013	17	STEC O157:H7	Meal from an institutional kitchen [27]
2013	16	STEC O157:H7	Unspecified, widely sold product [27]

STEC: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.