The Kroger Co food recall: Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad

Reason for recall

Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes

What the classification means

• Class I: FDA's most serious category: there is a reasonable probability that using or being exposed to the product will cause serious health problems or death.

About this recall

The firm started this recall on Sep 26, 2025. FDA classified it 21 days later, on Oct 17, 2025. This recall event covers 2 separate products, each with its own FDA recall number. Distribution reported by FDA: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NE, NM, NV, OH, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA and WV The Kroger Co has 35 recalls in our records.

Recalled products (2)

• H-0094-2026 Class I Terminated

  Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 217573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 217573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's

  Codes / lots: Sold On: Sep 6 2025 through Oct 2 2025

  Quantity: 5,567.4 lbs.

• H-0095-2026 Class I Terminated

  Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad, packaged in plastic containers with various weights, with UPC 227573-1XXXX (sold at deli service counters) or UPC 227573-2XXXX (sold as Grab-n-Go packages in deli departments), under the banners Kroger, Baker's, City Market, Dillons, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Gerbes, King Soopers, Payless, Ralphs and Smith's

  Codes / lots: Sold On: Aug 29 2025 through Oct 2 2025

  Quantity: 25,792 lbs.