Walmart, Trader Joe’s pasta dishes prompt listeria concerns : NPR

The public healthcare authorities urge people to throw out pre -pre -pre -wired dishes pre -pre -pre -wired retailers from the fears that they can be polluted by leaferia and are associated with a worsening nationwide outbreak.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a warning At the end of last week, about two products with special use dates at the end of September and early October: Linguine Marketside with beef meatballs and marinar sauce sold in Walmart, and a Joe-Kajun merchant, a blackened chicken breast Fettuchin Alfredo.

USDA says pasta in these products can be polluted Listeria monocytogenes It seems that this is genetically related to a deadly outbreak in the listeria, which has already spread to 15 states: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ogio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

This outbreak fell into the news headlines in June, when the listeria caused reviews about several brands ready for use Fettuccin's chicken alfredo dishes – made by Freshrealm Inc. And sold in Kroger and Walmart – and caused an investigation.

In response to this investigation USDA says Freshrealm began testing the ingredients that he uses to prepare his meatballs in the dishes market. Last week, his pasta samples returned to Listeria.

Further genetic testing confirmed that it was the same Listeria strain, which was discovered in the previously recalled ALFREDO Freshrealm chicken dishes, the Office for Sanitary Surveillance of Products and Medicines (FDA) reported on Monday.

“This is also the same voltage Listeria This is due to causing diseases in this outbreak “, FDA saysField

The flash killed four people and spilled at least 20, all of whom required hospitalization, according to Centers for control and prevention of diseases (CDC). It is also a nauseating pregnant mother, which led to the loss of the fetus.

The CDC says that he interviewed 13 of these people, seven of which they reported food for food before they fell ill. Four specified use of the Kurin Fettuccene Alfredo.

Three New cases in two Additional conditions reported from June, according to CDC. But this suggests that this is probably underestimation, since some people are restored after infection without medical care. For those who require medical care, it is usually required from three to four weeks to determine whether their disease is part of the flash.

The infection in the listeria, or listeriosis, most likely, becomes sick of pregnant and newborn, adults older than 65 years old and people with a weak immune system.

Symptoms that include fever, muscle pain, gastrointestinal problems, hard neck, confusion and balance loss, usually begin within two weeks after consuming polluted food, but can begin as soon as the same day or after 10 weeks, CDC reports.

The CDC and FDA are calling for customers who have acquired these dishes, throw them away, clean their refrigerators, containers and surfaces that could come into contact with them, and contact their supplier of medical services in order to report any symptoms of leaferiosis.

It may not be the only products affected

At this stage, two paste products listed in the latest health warning – plus Alfredo chicken, withdrawn in June, will more likely be in the refrigerators and freezers of customers than on store shelves.

For example, chicken pastes sold from Trader Joe's have dates of use on September 20, September 24 and September 27, on their front labels.

A The company says The fact that they were sold only in their stores in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, and that all other versions of this dish sold in other states and other dates of sale are not affected.

The Joe trader says that there were no positive tests for the lister for this particular dish, and there were no messages about the disease associated with these specific production codes.

But it says that he released his leadership – and will compensate for those who have acquired the product – from “abundance of caution, because testing another brand with the general source of the ingredient showed that this product can be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes.”

Walmart similarly says that there were no complaints about the disease about the meatballs with beef and linguin in the market. The spent products that have the dates of use, which all fall between September 22 to October 1, were removed from its regiments.

“We removed these products from our affected stores, and we work with the supplier to investigate,” said NPR by e -mail, Walmart representative Annie Patterson.

Freshrealm did not respond to the NPR request about the comments on the publication. But this affected Associated press In the statement that he “for a long time claimed that the source of Listeria was probably an ingredient supplied by a third party.”

The US Department of Agriculture identified the supplier of pasta as Beautiful food NeatWhich supplies preliminary paste and grains of the wholesale industry and restaurant industry, according to its web site. USDA adds that Fine Foods Nate does not sell affected products directly to retail.

“The company works with FDA and their customers to determine whether additional reviews are needed,” it says that adding that consumers should Follow his warning about public healthcare For any further updates.

Last year, the United States observed its Listeria outbreaks, including a 2024 outbreak, tied to a gastronomic meat, as a result of which 10 people died and dozens of still hospitalized throughout the country. The January report USDA accused “Inadequate sanitary practices“Since the dizzying decay of the boar in Virginia and in the list A few steps The agency will require better public protection from listeria.