Store-made pesto bowtie salad recalled over Listeria in pasta ingredient
Albertsons Companies is recalling Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad sold under its California, Hawaii and Nevada banners because it contains a bowtie pasta ingredient recalled for Listeria.
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
Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC beginning 216492, is being recalled. The product was made in-store with a store-generated scale label applied to the container, and sold under the Andronico's Community Markets, Pak'N Save, Safeway and Vons banners in California, Hawaii and Nevada.
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 11 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
- Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC 216492 #####. Product was made in-store with store generated scale label applied to the container. Sold under store banners Andronico's Community, Markets, Pak'N Save, Safeway, and Vons in CA, HI, and NV.
- Manufacturer
- Albertsons Companies LLC
- Category
- Food — Prepared food
- Hazard
- listeria
- pathogen-contamination
- ingredient-supplier
- deli
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 11 25 Thru Thru OCT 4 25
Distribution
Distributed in 15 states:
- AK
- AR
- AZ
- CA
- CO
- HI
- LA
- NE
- NM
- NV
- OK
- SD
- TX
- UT
- WY
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