Deadly listeria outbreak leads to recall of ready-to-eat fettuccine Alfredo meals

The U.S. Department of of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is urging consumers who person purchased nan ready-to-eat meals sold nether nan nether nan Home Chef and Marketside brands, not to devour them. The agency instructs nan nationalist to propulsion them distant aliases return nan point to nan spot of purchase. Handout/FreshRealm Inc./USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service hide caption

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Handout/FreshRealm Inc./USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

Some ready-to-eat chickenhearted fettuccine Alfredo meals sold astatine Kroger and Walmart are being voluntarily recalled pursuing a nationwide listeria outbreak linked to 17 illnesses and 3 deaths arsenic good arsenic 1 fetal loss.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said it is investigating nan outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, which they opportunity has been traced to products made by FreshRealm, Inc. nether nan Home Chef marque astatine Kroger and nan Marketside marque astatine Walmart.

"FSIS is concerned that immoderate products whitethorn beryllium successful consumers' refrigerators aliases freezers," nan agency said successful a statement. "Consumers who person purchased these products are urged not to devour them. These products should beryllium thrown distant aliases returned to nan spot of purchase."

FreshRealm initiated a voluntary callback "out of an abundance of caution," nan institution said successful a statement, adding, "The institution has not received immoderate nonstop reports of unwellness associated pinch nan product."

"FreshRealm remains committed to nan highest standards of nutrient safety," nan connection said.

The Food and Drug Administration reports that arsenic of June 18, group successful 13 states person reported becoming sick aft eating precooked meals. "Of nan 17 cases nether investigation, 16 were hospitalized and location are 3 deaths attributed to listeriosis. There is 1 gestation associated unwellness successful a mother that resulted successful a fetal loss," nan FDA said.

According to nan FSIS, nan existent strain was initially identified successful sick group connected dates ranging from August 2024-May 2025. That aforesaid outbreak strain was discovered successful a FreshRealm installation during regular testing of its chickenhearted fettuccine alfredo. The batch of meals including nan tested sample was held, destroyed and ne'er entered commerce.

Subsequent investigations astatine nan installation did not uncover nan root of nan contamination and FSIS said it is still investigating whether a circumstantial constituent successful nan meals is nan root of nan outbreak.

In nan meantime, they be aware consumers to beware of nan pursuing products:

• 32.8-oz. tray packages containing "MARKETSIDE GRILLED CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE Tender Pasta pinch Creamy Alfredo Sauce, White Meat Chicken and Shaved Parmesan Cheese" pinch best-by day 06/27/25 aliases prior.
• 12.3 oz. tray packages containing "MARKETSIDE GRILLED CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE Tender Pasta pinch Creamy Alfredo Sauce, White Meat Chicken, Broccoli and Shaved Parmesan Cheese" pinch best-by day 06/26/25 aliases prior.
• 12.5 oz. tray packages containing "HOME CHEF Heat & Eat Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo pinch pasta, grilled achromatic nutrient chicken, and Parmesan cheese" pinch best-by day 06/19/25 aliases prior.

The FSIS warns that consuming nutrient contaminated pinch listeria tin origin fever, musculus aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, nonaccomplishment of equilibrium and convulsions. Sometimes those symptoms tin beryllium preceded by diarrhea aliases different gastrointestinal issues. It is astir vulnerable successful pregnant women, arsenic nan infection tin origin miscarriages, stillbirths, premature transportation aliases life-threatening infection of nan newborn. It tin besides origin fatal infections successful older adults and group pinch weakened immune systems.

Listeriosis is treated pinch antibiotics.