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U.S. Expands Health Alerts as Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ready-to-Eat Pasta Hits 15 States

Officials now focus on pre-cooked pasta from a supplier to FreshRealm, pending lab confirmation of the contamination source.

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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.

Overview

  • FSIS added two meals to its alert: Walmart’s Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara and Trader Joe’s Cajun-Style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettuccine Alfredo.
  • CDC reports 20 confirmed illnesses across 15 states, including 19 hospitalizations and four deaths, with one death reported by Utah officials.
  • FreshRealm says testing detected the outbreak strain in pre-cooked pasta and attributes the contamination to a third-party supplier.
  • Walmart and Trader Joe’s have pulled implicated items; consumers are urged to discard or return affected products and thoroughly clean refrigerators and surfaces.
  • June’s recall of chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals sold at Walmart and Kroger remains under review as investigators assess whether cases share the same strain.