Listeria Health Alert: What Consumers Need to Know

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently issued a health alert for two popular frozen entrées sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s. The concern: potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes , a bacterium that can cause severe illness and, in high-risk populations, even death.

The affected meals include Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara , sold at Walmart, and Trader Joe’s Cajun Style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettuccine Alfredo . Specific best-by dates and establishment numbers were listed in the alert, and both retailers encouraged customers to discard the products or return them for a full refund. At the time of the announcement, no illnesses had been confirmed, but the alert was issued as a precaution due to shared ingred