The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·H-0481-2025·Announced 2025-08-20

Tuna salad over lettuce recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination

Ready Meals Tuna Salad Over Bed of Lettuce is recalled for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The FDA classified the action as Class I, its most serious category.

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: The rubric assigns 5 to any FDA Class I recall, and the FDA classified this Listeria monocytogenes action as Class I.

Plain-English summary

Ready Meals Tuna Salad Over Bed of Lettuce, UPC 21786400000, is being recalled. The affected product carries the date codes Jul 16 25, Jul 17 25, Jul 18 25, Jul 23 25, Jul 24 25, Jul 25 25, Jul 26 25, Jul 27 25 and Jul 28 25. It was sold at Jewel Osco stores in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, and distributed under the Albertsons, Randalls and Tom Thumb banners in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

The recall was issued because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The FDA classified the action as Class I, the category the agency uses when there is a reasonable probability that exposure will cause serious health consequences or death.

Anyone holding this product should check the UPC and date code against the details above and should not eat it. Recalled product can be returned to the place of purchase. Because Listeria infection can take weeks to produce symptoms, people who have eaten the product and feel unwell should tell their doctor what they ate.

The recalled product

Product
READY MEALS TUNA SALAD OVER BED OF LETTUCE

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 (10)

  • Jul 16 25
  • Jul 17 25
  • Jul 18 25
  • Jul 23 25
  • Jul 24 25
  • Jul 25 25
  • Jul 26 25
  • Jul 27 25
  • Jul 28 25
  • UPC: 21786400000

Distribution

Distributed in 7 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 15 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 15 products in this recall →