(WKBN) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday in a public health alert that some ready-to-eat pasta meals may be contaminated.

The USDA said that some packages of Marketside Linguini With Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).

The agency said the affected item was shipped to Walmart locations nationwide with the establishment number “EST. 50784” or "EST. 47718" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The affected pre-cooked pasta is packaged in 12-ounce clear plastic trays with “best if used by” dates of Sept. 22, 24, 25, 29 and 30, and Oct. 1, all of this year.

The USDA said samples of the pasta were collected as part of an ongoing investigation into a listeria outbreak linked to al

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