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Listeria Outbreak Tied to Pre-Cooked Pasta Spurs Expanded Alert for Walmart and Trader Joe’s Meals

Investigators are focusing on pre-cooked pasta used in the meals as the likely contamination point.

This 2002 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. Health officials are linking a listeria outbreak to pasta meal products sold at Walmart and Trader Joe's.
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Overview

  • FSIS added Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce (Walmart) and Trader Joe’s Cajun-Style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettuccine Alfredo to its public health alert, with specified best-by dates and establishment numbers.
  • CDC now tracks 20 confirmed illnesses across 15 states, including 19 hospitalizations and four deaths, and cautions the true count is likely higher.
  • FreshRealm reports detecting the outbreak strain in a Walmart linguine sample and points to a third-party pre-cooked pasta supplier as the suspected source.
  • June recalls covered similar chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals sold at Walmart and Kroger under the Marketside and Home Chef brands, and officials are continuing genetic sequencing and traceback work.
  • Health agencies advise consumers to throw away or return listed products and to check and clean refrigerators and freezers because Listeria can survive cold storage.