Food Recall Linked To Ready-To-Eat Meals Sold At Kroger, Walmart Reportedly Causes Multiple Fatalities

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Ready-to-eat meals sold at Kroger and Walmart retail locations nationwide have been recalled due to reports of listeria contamination.

“FreshRealm establishments in San Clemente, Calif., Montezuma, Ga., and Indianapolis, Ind., are recalling chicken fettuccine alfredo products that may be adulterated with an outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes (Lm),” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) stated.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the company is voluntarily recalling all products produced prior to June 17, 2025,” it added.

17 individuals in 13 states have reported becoming ill, including three deaths.

Per USA TODAY:

The FDA reported the agency and public health partners including the Centers for Disease Control are investigating a listeria outbreak in connection to the prepared meals and that as of June 18, 2025, the outbreak had sickened 17 people in 13 states.

Of the 17 people, 16 were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

As June 18, there had been three reported deaths and the loss of an unborn child associated with the outbreak, Bailey McWilliams, a FSIS spokesperson, confirmed to USA TODAY.

“There is one pregnancy associated illness in a mother that resulted in a fetal loss,” FSIS wrote in a release.

The latest reported illness onset, according to the federal agency, took place on May 10, 2025.

FSIS stated:

The following ready-to-eat products were shipped to Kroger and Walmart retail locations nationwide:

  • 32.8-oz. tray packages containing “MARKETSIDE GRILLED CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE Tender Pasta with Creamy Alfredo Sauce, White Meat Chicken and Shaved Parmesan Cheese” with best-by date 06/27/25 or prior.
  • 12.3 oz. tray packages containing “MARKETSIDE GRILLED CHICKEN ALFREDO WITH FETTUCCINE Tender Pasta with Creamy Alfredo Sauce, White Meat Chicken, Broccoli and Shaved Parmesan Cheese” with best-by date 06/26/25 or prior.
  • 12.5 oz. tray packages containing “HOME CHEF Heat & Eat Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo with pasta, grilled white meat chicken, and Parmesan cheese” with best-by date 06/19/25 or prior.

The products bear the USDA mark of inspection on the product label as well as establishment numbers “EST. P-50784,” “EST. P-47770,” or “EST. P-47718” printed on the side of the packaging.

FSIS and public health partners are investigating an outbreak of Lm that currently includes 17 ill people in 13 states. As of June 17, 2025, there have been three reported deaths and one fetal loss associated with this outbreak. The outbreak strain of Lm was isolated from ill people on dates ranging from August 2024 – May 2025. The same outbreak strain was isolated from a routine chicken fettuccine alfredo sample collected by FSIS in a FreshRealm establishment in March 2025. The lot of chicken fettuccine alfredo represented by this sample was held during sampling, destroyed, and never entered commerce. The subsequent investigations at the establishment that produced this product, and into the product ingredients, have not identified the source of contamination. FSIS also used purchase records from two ill people to trace purchased chicken fettuccine alfredo products to FreshRealm establishments. An additional two ill people verbally described chicken fettuccine alfredo products they purchased. FSIS identified products produced by FreshRealm that matched the descriptions during follow-up at the retail stores where they shopped. This investigation is ongoing. FSIS is sharing what is currently known regarding products associated with the outbreak as the agency continues to work with public health partners to identify whether a specific ingredient in the chicken fettucine alfredo may be the source of this strain of Lm.



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