Giant Eagle has issued a recall of a pasta salad sold in its prepared foods departments because it is made with Nate’s Fine Foods pasta that has been linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak.
The grocery chain’s Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad, sold in various sizes with an expiration date between Sept. 30 and Oct. 7 is subject to the recall.
The recalled products were sold in Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, Maryland and Indiana. The following items are included in the recall:
- Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad (Weight varies)
- Expiration date: 9/30/25 through 10/7/25
- UPC: 256616000000
- Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad (4 lbs 8 oz)
- Expiration date: 9/30/25 through 10/3/25
- UPC: 246511000000
- Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad (9 lbs)
- Expiration date: 9/30/25 through 10/3/25
- UPC: 24651200000
The Listeria outbreak traced to the pasta provider, Nate’s Fine Foods, has sickened at least 20 people across 15 states. Nineteen of the patients have required hospitalization. Four of them have died and one pregnant woman suffered a fetal loss.
Several other companies have issued recalls of pasta meals in relation to the outbreak. Those recalls include:
- UPDATED: Trader Joe’s Cajun Style Blackened Chicken Breast Fettucine Alfredo 16-oz plastic tray packages with “best if used by” dates of 9/20/2025, 9/24/2025, 9/27/2025, 9/28/2025, 10/01/2025, 10/03/2025, 10/05/2025, 10/08/2025, or 10/10/2025 (USDA FSIS public health alert)
- UPDATED: Albertsons stores recalled store-made deli pasta salads – sell thru dates from SEP 8 2025 to OCT 4 25 (Albertsons recall)
- Marketside Linguine with Beef Meatballs & Marinara Sauce 12-oz. – best if used by dates of SEP 22, 2025; SEP 24, 2025; SEP 25, 2025; SEP 29, 2025; SEP 30, 2025; and OCT 01, 2025 (USDA FSIS public health alert)
- Marketside Grilled Chicken Alfredo with Fettuccine 12.3-oz – best-by date of June 26, 2025, or prior; and 32.8-oz – best-by date of June 27, 2025, or prior (FreshRealm recall)
- Home Chef Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo 12.5-oz – best-by date of June 19, 2025, or prior (FreshRealm recall)
About Listeria infections
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look, smell or taste spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections. Anyone who has eaten any recalled productsand developed symptoms of Listeria infection should seek medical treatment and tell their doctors about the possible Listeria exposure.
Also, anyone who has eaten any of the recalled products should monitor themselves for symptoms during the coming weeks because it can take up to 70 days after exposure to Listeria for symptoms of listeriosis to develop.
Symptoms of Listeria infection can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache, and neck stiffness. Specific laboratory tests are required to diagnose Listeria infections, which can mimic other illnesses.
Pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and people such as cancer patients who have weakened immune systems are particularly at risk of serious illnesses, life-threatening infections, other complications and death. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, their infections can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.
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