Pasta Dish Sold at Walmart and Kroger Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination as Outbreak Involves Multiple Deaths

Customers are encouraged to either destroy the product or return it for a full refund

A ready-to-eat pasta dish sold across the United States has been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.

FreshRealm is voluntarily recalling three of its chicken fettuccine Alfredo products, the brand and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service(FSIS) shared in respective statements on June 17. The recall applies to all products manufactured before the recall date.

The contamination was found by FSIS in a routine sample collection of FreshRealm’s chicken fettuccine Alfredo in March of this year. According to FSIS, the strain of Listeria found in the sample is the same strain linked to three deaths, one fetal loss and 17 instances of illnesses, across 13 states, from August 2024 to May 2025.

FreshRealm determined via purchase records that two ill people had bought chicken fettuccine Alfredo products from the brand, while two other sick individuals “verbally described chicken fettuccine Alfredo products they purchased,” per FSIS.

“Consumption of food contaminated with Lm [Listeria monocytogenes] can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns,” the FSIS announcement states. “Less commonly, people outside these risk groups are affected.”

Listeriosis is often associated with fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, gastrointestinal symptoms and/or convulsions.

FreshRealm states that the investigation into the root source of the contamination is ongoing.

The following products — sold at Walmart and Kroger — are being recalled, per FreshRealm’s announcement:

• Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettuccine 12.3 oz
• Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettuccine 32.8 oz
• Home Chef Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo 12.5 oz

For those who have any of the three products, either in their refrigerator or freezer, FreshRealm recommends that they either destroy the product or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Fresh Relm is also responsible for recent spinach recalls.

Several products have been recalled recently for Listeria. What concerns me is that no one knows the products are contaminated until there is a recall. It’s unsettling.

Melinda

Reference:

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