The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·H-0117-2026·Announced 2025-10-29

Pesto bowtie pasta salad recalled over Listeria in recalled ingredient

Albertsons Companies is recalling Ready Meals Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad sold under six banners because it contains a bowtie pasta ingredient recalled for Listeria monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: Scored 5 because the FDA classified this recall as Class I, which the rubric assigns the Critical tier.

Plain-English summary

Ready Meals Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC beginning 27133, is being recalled. The product was made in-store with a store-generated scale label applied to the container, and sold under the Albertsons, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Tom Thumb and Vons banners in Arkansas, Arizona, California and Colorado among other states.

The recall is for Listeria monocytogenes: the store-made deli item contains a bowtie pasta ingredient that was recalled because of Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product carries sell-through dates of 8 September 2025 through 4 October 2025 and was distributed in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. The FDA has classified the recall as Class I.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infection, particularly in pregnant people, newborns, older adults and people with weakened immune systems. Anyone holding the product should not eat it and should follow the store's instructions.

The recalled product

Product
READY MEALS Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC 27133 #####. Product was made in-store with store generated scale label applied to the container. Sold under store banners Albertsons, Pavilions, Randalls, Safeway, Tom Thumb, and Vons in AR, AZ, CA, CO, LA, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT

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)

  • Sell Thru Dates: SEP 8 25 Thru OCT 4 25

Distribution

Distributed in 15 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 10 recalled by Albertsons Companies LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 10 products in this recall →