A public health alert has been issued for a heat-and-eat pasta meal that was sold at Walmart that has been linked to a deadly listeria outbreak, federal officials said.

The alert was announced by the U.S. Agriculture Department for Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce.

The meals were sent to Walmart stores nationwide.

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The meals were sold in 12-ounce clear plastic trays and had best-by dates of Sept. 22 through Oct. 1.

No recall has been officially issued, but FreshRelm, a large food producer that distributed the products, said they advised Walmart this week to pull the meals from store shelves.

The meals may be contaminated with the same strain of listeria that caused an outbreak during the summer.

The cases were tied to chi

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