Pasta meals from Trader Joe's and Walmart may be linked to a deadly listeria outbreak
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Public health authorities are urging people to throw away certain pre-cooked pasta meals sold at two popular retailers over concerns that they could be contaminated with listeria and connected to a worsening nationwide outbreak.
The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) issued an alert late last week about two products with specific use-by dates in late September and early October: Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce sold at Walmart, and Trader Joe's Cajun-style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettuccine Alfredo.
The USDA says the pasta in those products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes — and appear to be genetically related to a deadly listeria outbreak that has already spread to 15 states: California,
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