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Death count doubles in Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals
2025 Nov 7, 6:35am 182 views 2 comments
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WookieMan
2025 Nov 7, 6:59am
WookieMan
2025 Nov 7, 6:59am
Pasta, that's weird. I know refrigerated or frozen, but I don't get how that gets F'd up. It's frozen to a temp that should knock anything out I would think and then heated to temp that would kill anything. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/listeria-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20355269 (yes I know it says otherwise in the link)
Mayo clinic doesn't even list pasta as a culprit. But I don't trust anything anymore. My guess is just undercooked food or idiots that need to put it in the freezer and not the fridge. That's why I generally don't eat other people's food when hanging out. Restaurants at least have the health department looking over their back (hopefully). But I don't know how other individuals handle their food.
I temp everything where deemed necessary. 10 second process. Stops over and under cooking.
Awkward question to ask, but a former friends kid died from a bacteria infection. I'm guessing it was Listeria now with the symptoms. Her house was disgusting and she only had 2 kids, so I highly doubt the cooking was up to par.
Mayo clinic doesn't even list pasta as a culprit. But I don't trust anything anymore. My guess is just undercooked food or idiots that need to put it in the freezer and not the fridge. That's why I generally don't eat other people's food when hanging out. Restaurants at least have the health department looking over their back (hopefully). But I don't know how other individuals handle their food.
I temp everything where deemed necessary. 10 second process. Stops over and under cooking.
Awkward question to ask, but a former friends kid died from a bacteria infection. I'm guessing it was Listeria now with the symptoms. Her house was disgusting and she only had 2 kids, so I highly doubt the cooking was up to par.
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Tenpoundbass
2025 Nov 7, 7:50am
Tenpoundbass
2025 Nov 7, 7:50am
All of those frozen meals sounds like something I would turn my nose up at if cooked fresh.
I would only eat any of those if I already had the ingredients, and chicken breast was the only thing I had thawed.
I couldn't imagine actually buying and storing premade frozen chicken and pasta in any form.
We barely have room for meats and other items that needs frozen.
Blackened Chicken over fettuccini I can see the way it just slides off the tray.
But also I'm not a fan of classic or fine cooking in takeout trays. And I liked Chinese much better when it came in those paper pagodas, rather than those frozen dinner trays, they send it out in now. If I'm eating a meal out of a plastic or Styrofoam container, I feel like I'm ruffing it. It's not the same experience as eating short order or fast food wrapped in paper. which I don't mind.
I would only eat any of those if I already had the ingredients, and chicken breast was the only thing I had thawed.
I couldn't imagine actually buying and storing premade frozen chicken and pasta in any form.
We barely have room for meats and other items that needs frozen.
Blackened Chicken over fettuccini I can see the way it just slides off the tray.
But also I'm not a fan of classic or fine cooking in takeout trays. And I liked Chinese much better when it came in those paper pagodas, rather than those frozen dinner trays, they send it out in now. If I'm eating a meal out of a plastic or Styrofoam container, I feel like I'm ruffing it. It's not the same experience as eating short order or fast food wrapped in paper. which I don't mind.
The outbreak was first reported in June and was traced to refrigerated chicken fettuccini alfredo meals.
Since the initial report, deaths have doubled, and six additional pasta items have been recalled.
Six people have died in a multistate Listeria outbreak linked to several pasta products, including frozen and refrigerated meals sold at popular grocery store chains.
The ongoing outbreak which was first reported in June 27 cases and 25 hospitalizations in 18 states, according to CDC. There was one fetal loss in a pregnant patient.
Data derived from CDC.
The affected meals were manufactured by FreshRealm and supplied by Nate’s Fine Foods under the brands Home Chef and Marketside, among others at major retailers including Kroger, Trader Joe’s and Walmart.
A recall notice posted by the FDA specified that the recalled meals, which initially included only three items, now include:
9.6 oz. Scott & Jon’s shrimp scampi with linguini bowls with best-by dates of March 12, 2027, March 13, 2027, and March 21, 2027;
12 oz. Marketside linguine with beef meatballs and marinara sauce with best-by dates of Sept. 22, 2025, Sept. 24, 2025, Sept. 25, 2025, Sept. 29, 2025, Sept. 30, 2025, and Oct. 1, 2025;
12.3 oz. tray packages of Marketside grilled chicken alfredo fettuccine tender pasta with creamy alfredo sauce, white meat chicken, broccoli and shaved parmesan cheese with a best-by date of June 26, 2025, or earlier;
12.5 oz. tray packaged of Home Chef heat & eat chicken fettuccine alfredo with pasta, grilled white meat chicken and parmesan cheese with a best-by date of June 19, 2025, or earlier;
16 oz. Trader Joe’s Cajun-style blackened chicken breast fettucine alfredo plastic tray packages with best-by dates of Sept. 20, 2025, Sept. 24, 2025, Sept. 27, 2025, Sept. 28, 2025, Oct. 1, 2025, Oct. 3, 2025, Oct. 5, 2025, Oct. 8, 2025, Oct. 10, 2025;
32.8 oz. tray packages of Marketside grilled chicken alfredo with fettuccine tender pasta with creamy alfredo sauce, white meat chicken and shaved parmesan cheese with a best-by date of June 27, 2025, or earlier;
Albertsons stores store-made deli pasta salads with sell-by dates of Sept. 8 to Oct. 4, 2025;
Giant Eagle smoked mozzarella pasta salad with an expiration date of Sept. 30 to Oct. 7, 2025;
Kroger stores deli bowtie and penne pasta salads sold Aug. 29 to Oct. 2, 2025; and
Sprouts Farmers Market smoked mozzarella pasta salad with a use-by date of Oct. 10-29, 2025;
CDC and FDA both expressed concern that recalled products may be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers and advised consumers to double check and throw the products away.
https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20251106/death-count-doubles-in-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-pasta-meals