Listeria Outbreak Linked to Prepared Pasta Meals

Food safety alert

Investigation status: Open
Recall issued: Yes

Seven more illnesses have been reported. CDC and states are working to get information on whether sick people ate recalled food or if additional foods may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Double check your refrigerators and freezers for recalled food and do not eat them.

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Fast Facts

  • Cases: 27 (7 new)
  • Hospitalizations: 25 (6 new)
  • Deaths: 6 (2 new)
  • States: 18 (3 new)
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Recalled food

Foods containing recalled pasta from Nate's Fine Foods Inc.

  • Sprouts Farmers Market smoked mozzarella pasta salad
    • Use by dates October 10, 2025, through October 29, 2025
  • Scott & Jon's shrimp scampi with linguini bowls
    • Use by dates in March 2027, 9.6 oz packages

Additional foods were recalled which are past their best by dates.

Resource

See FDA's website and FSIS's website for all recall information.

What you should do

  • Do not eat recalled foods.
  • Clean your refrigerator, containers, and surfaces that may have touched the affected foods. Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.

If you are pregnant, 65 or older, or have a weakened immune system:

  • Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating the affected foods:
    • Pregnant women: Fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. Your illness may be mild, but Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
    • Other people may have: Headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.

Listeria symptoms

  • Listeria is especially harmful to pregnant women and people who are 65 or older or who have weakened immune systems. This is because Listeria is more likely to spread beyond their gut to other parts of their body, resulting in a severe condition known as invasive listeriosis.
    • For women who are pregnant, Listeria can cause pregnancy loss, premature birth, or a life-threatening infection in newborns.
    • For people who are 65 years or older or who have a weakened immune system, Listeria often results in hospitalization and sometimes death.
  • Symptoms usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after.
    • Pregnant women: Fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. Your illness may be mild, but Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns.
    • Other people may have: Headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.

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Content Source:
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID); Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases