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Listeria Outbreak Linked to Prepared Pasta Meals Hits 27 Cases and 6 Deaths in 18 States

Investigators widened recalls following a link to pasta from Nate’s Fine Foods used in FreshRealm-made meals.

Overview

  • Federal updates list 27 illnesses, about 25 hospitalizations and six deaths, including a pregnancy-associated loss.
  • CDC and FDA urge consumers to check refrigerators and freezers and discard recalled refrigerated and frozen pasta dishes.
  • Recalls now cover multiple brands and retailers, including Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Kroger, Sprouts, Albertsons and Giant Eagle.
  • Traceback tied illnesses to prepared chicken fettuccine alfredo identified in June, with positive pasta tests reported in September.
  • Nate’s Fine Foods says FDA testing at its facility has not found the outbreak strain, and the investigation remains active.