Food Safety Alert: Ready-to-eat pasta meals recalled due to Listeria concerns

Certain Marketside ready-to-eat meals containing pre-cooked pasta are involved in a national recall. The food is being recalled due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. The products were distributed to Walmart stores nationwide and may have been sold in Mesa County. To date, no illnesses have been reported in connection to these products.

Description of recalled products

• Walmart “MARKETSIDE LINGUINE WITH BEEF MEATBALLS & MARINARA SAUCE”  with “best if used by” dates SEP 22, 2025; SEP 24, 2025; SEP 25, 2025; SEP 29, 2025; SEP 30, 2025; and OCT 01, 2025. 
• The products are packaged in 12-oz. clear plastic trays.
• Visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture website for more information about the products.

What consumers should do

• Consumers should check their refrigerators and freezers for the recalled products and throw them out or return them to the store for a refund.
• Contact a doctor if you have concerns after eating the recalled products.
• Consumers with questions may contact Nate’s Fine Foods at 916-677-7303.

Listeria description and treatment

• Eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis. This can cause a serious infection in young children, older adults, persons with weakened immune systems, and pregnant women and their newborns.
• Symptoms of listeriosis include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and gastrointestinal symptoms.
• In pregnant women, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. 
• Serious and sometimes fatal infections are possible in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. 
• Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care.

MCPH role in food recalls

There are systems in place to make sure the food people buy and eat is safe. When Mesa County Public Health (MCPH) has been made aware of a product being recalled that could have been distributed in Mesa County, MCPH shares the information so it reaches as many community members as possible.