"A listeria outbreak that federal health officials say has swept through 18 states, killing half a dozen people and causing more than two dozen hospitalizations has been linked to frozen pasta available at stores including Trader Joe's and Walmart. A national food safety investigation into the outbreak traced the illnesses to recalled frozen meals that sourced pasta from a Northern California company."
"Nate's Fine Foods said in a statement on its website that it was recalling the products out of an "abundance of caution," and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had conducted extensive testing at its facility but that results had come back negative. "To date, no government agency has found any evidence of the specific Listeria monocytogenes strain identified in the outbreak in its thorough testing at Nate's Fine Foods' facility or in products under its jurisdiction," the company said in a Tuesday statement."
A Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to recalled frozen pasta meals affected people in 18 states. Six people died and 27 were reported ill, with the majority hospitalized; one pregnant woman miscarried after becoming ill. The prepared pasta meals were sold at major grocery chains including Trader Joe's, Walmart, Kroger and Sprouts. The pasta supplier was Nate's Fine Foods of Northern California, and Nate's expanded recalled products in September and October. Nate's stated it recalled products out of an "abundance of caution" and said FDA testing at its facility returned negative results. FreshRealm testing found Listeria in pasta samples in September.
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