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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·H-0120-2026·Announced 2025-10-29

Ready meals pesto bowtie salad recalled over Listeria in pasta

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

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. 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 Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC beginning 291308, is being recalled. The product was made in-store with a store-generated scale label applied to the container, and sold under the Carrs-Safeway, Eagle and Safeway banners in Alaska.

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 18 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 Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, UPC 291308 #####. Product was made in-store with store generated scale label applied to the container. Sold under store banners Carrs-Safeway, Eagle, and Safeway in AK.

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Lot numbers (1)

  • Sell Thru Dates: SEP 18 25 Thru 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.

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