Kroger and other stores recall pasta over listeria concerns

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Kroger recalls two pasta salads due to potential listeria contamination.

No illnesses have been reported so far from consumed products.

It's the latest pasta recall involving other brands and stores in multiple states.

The Kroger family of stores is warning customers to check their refrigerators for two pasta salads sold in its delis. Basil Pesto Bowtie Salad and Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, sold in 28 states, are being recalled over risk of listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The initial recall was initiated by Fresh Creative Foods, which makes the salad kits. That company had been notified by the manufacturer of its pasta ingredient, Nate’s Fine Foods of Roseville, California, that the pasta might be contaminated.

No one has reported being ill so far.

The recall was