The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0130-2025·Announced 2024-11-20

Home Chef Chicken Street Taco Recalled for Listeria Contamination

The Kroger Co is recalling Home Chef Chicken Street Taco meal kits due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination in the cooked chicken. Approximately 24,072 units distributed across 31 states are affected.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class II recall for Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen in a ready-to-eat product. The source reports no illnesses or hospitalizations, meeting the rubric criterion for high-risk pathogens without reported illness (score 3).

Plain-English summary

The Kroger Co is recalling Home Chef Chicken Street Taco meal kits due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes in the cooked chicken. The product is a 9.93 oz ready-to-eat meal kit packaged in a plastic tray with clear plastic lid, sold under UPC 84013430435 with all lot codes.

Approximately 24,072 consumer units were distributed to retail stores across 31 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it and should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogenic bacterium capable of causing serious infection.

The recalled product

Product
Home Chef Chicken Street Taco, Net Wt. 9.93 oz, packaged in a plastic tray with clear plastic lid, perishable item kept under refrigeration, UPC 84013430435, all lot codes
Manufacturer
The Kroger Co
Category
Food — Ready-to-Eat Meal Kit
Hazard
  • listeria

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • All codes

Distribution

Distributed in 31 states:

  • AK
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • GA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MI
  • MO
  • MS
  • MT
  • NC
  • NE
  • NM
  • NV
  • OH
  • OR
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WV
  • WY

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