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title: "Deadly listeria outbreak"
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date: "2026-07-30T21:11:31+00:00"
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#  Deadly listeria outbreak

 Written on 19 June 2025.

A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat chicken fettuccine Alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores, federal health officials have said.

The outbreak, which includes at least 17 people in 13 states, began last July, officials said. At least 16 people have been hospitalized. FreshRealm, a large food producer with sites in California, Georgia and Indiana, is recalling products made before 17 June.

The strain of listeria bacteria that made people sick was found in a sample of chicken fettuccine Alfredo during a routine inspection in March, US agriculture department officials said. That product was destroyed and never sent to stores.

Officials said they have not identified the specific source of the contamination. Cases have been identified through retail shopper records and interviews with sick people.

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