TABLE 3.

Multistate foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. from 2010 to 2017 due to Listeria monocytogenes associated with fresh produce.

Year	Fresh produce category	Associated L. monocytogenes serotype(s)	Total # of states	Illnesses	Hospitalizations [total (% of illnessesa)]	Deaths [total (% of illnessesb)]	References
2011	Cantaloupe	1/2a, 1/2b	28	147	143 (99.3)	33 (22.9)	CDC, 2011d; Laksanalamai et al., 2012; McCollum et al., 2013
2014	Sprouts		2	5	5 (100.0)	2 (40.0)	CDC, 2015c
	Stone fruits	4b	2	2	2 (100.0)	1 (50.0)	Jackson et al., 2015; Chen et al., 2017
2016	Lettuce		9	19	19 (100.0)	1 (5.3)	Self et al., 2016

^a% of illnesses was calculated based on available hospitalization information in the NORS database. ^b% of deaths was calculated based on available death information in the NORS database. NA, defined as multistate in NORS database, information on the number of states involved was not available in the NORS database or CDC website.