Popular Pasta Items Sold At Walmart Recalled Over Risk of 'Deadly' Listeria Contamination
Published June 25 2025, 9:46 a.m. ET
(L) Women eating Italian pasta, (R) Doctor holding test tube with blood sample for Listeria bacteria test. Diagnosis for Listeriosis bacteria disease (Representative Cover Image Source: Getty Images | (L) Md Zakir, (R) Yana Iskaneva)
If an artist were to examine a bowl of fettuccine Alfredo, they’d probably be wonderstruck by the visuals obscured within the strands of pasta. Fettuccine, which translates to “little ribbons,” is worshipped for its velvety folds and exquisite glaze thanks to mammoth dollops of butter that the noodles are dumped in. The beige glisten of this butter paired with a colorful cocktail of ingredients often tickles the eater pink. If this isn’t enough, then come the flavors too.
Cooked spaghetti in a bowl.
The sizzling ribbons of fettuccine perform a tap dance on the tongue, with subtle garlic tones and milky texture of parmigiano cheese whispering in the background. Currently, however, fettuccine is not the same anymore. From pasta, it has turned into creepypasta. In a press release, FreshRealm initiated a voluntary recall for three of its fettuccine Alfredo pasta products because a deadly bacterium called “Listeria” has crept inside the noodles.
Happy lady tasting homemade spaghetti while having lunch, enjoying the smell with eyes closed, sitting in kitchen
The recall was announced on June 17 by FreshRealm and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) collectively. Three varieties of the brand’s ready-to-eat chicken fettuccine pasta were recalled due to the possible contamination with Listeria. The recalled products were sold nationwide at Walmart, under the Marketside brand, and Kroger, under the Home Chef brand.