Albertsons recalls several deli items due to potential listeria
contamination
[September 29, 2025]
NEW YORK (AP) — Albertsons Companies has recalled several of its
store-made deli products because they may contain listeria bacteria, in
a move that arrives shortly after federal health officials warned
consumers to not eat certain pasta meals sold at Walmart and Trader
Joe’s over similar contamination concerns.
The Boise, Idaho-based supermarket giant on Saturday said it was pulling
five deli items because they contain a recalled bowtie pasta ingredient
made by Nate’s Fine Foods. Albertsons is urging consumers to not eat
these products — which were supplied by refrigerated goods distributor
Fresh Creative Foods — and is instructing those impacted to throw them
away or initiate a return at their local store for a full refund.
The products under recall include certain ready-to-eat basil pesto pasta
salad offerings, as well as pasta dishes with chicken, spinach and other
ingredients. Consumers can determine if an item they bought is impacted
by looking at the list of product names, sell thru dates and other
identifying information on Albertsons' website.
The recalled items were sold in various Albertsons-owned stores —
including Albertsons Market, Safeway and Von's — across more than a
dozen states.
“Listeria monocytogenes can survive in refrigerated temperatures and can
easily spread to other foods and surfaces,” Albertsons warned in its
release. The company also noted that the FDA instructs consumers to be
extra vigilant when cleaning any surfaces or containers that may have
come into contact with products recalled for possible listeria
contamination.
The Associated Press reached out to Nate’s Fine Foods in California and
Fresh Creative Foods, a division of Oregon-based Reser’s Fine Foods, for
further statements on Sunday.
Albertsons on Saturday said that there had been no reports of injuries
or illnesses related to its recalled products. But the company's recall
comes amid wider warnings from U.S. health officials about potential
listeria contamination in ready-made meals sold by other retailers, some
of which have previously been linked to a deadly outbreak.
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Shoppers head into an Albertson's grocery store Nov. 23, 2024, in
Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
 Last week, the U.S. Agriculture
Department issued a public health alert warning consumers to not eat
Trader Joe’s “Cajun Style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettuccine
Alfredo” with best-by dates of Sept. 20, Sept. 24 and Sept. 27 — as
well as “Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce”
sold at Walmart with best-by dates of Sept. 22 through Oct. 1, due
to potential listeria contamination.
No recall has been issued for either of those products, but Trader
Joe's in a company advisory urged consumers to discard or return its
impacted chicken alfredo — and Walmart officials also said they put
a stop on sales.
Similar to the bowtie pasta recalled at Albertsons, the pasta in
these goods came from Nate’s Fine Foods.
Listeria infections can cause serious illness, particularly in older
adults, people with weakened immune systems and those who are
pregnant or their newborns. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches,
headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
Roughly 1,600 people in the U.S. get sick each year from listeria
infections and about 260 die, per the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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