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A listeria outbreak tied to prepared food products has caused at least six deaths and more than 25 hospitalizations. The outbreak is occurring roughly four months after the Trump administration halted a program that monitored the food supply for problems like listeria.
The Listeria monocytogenes contamination has been linked to precooked pasta supplied by Nate’s Fine Foods Inc. to supermarket chains like Walmart, Kroger, Trader Joe’s, and Sprouts, which then used the pasta in prepared foods. Consumption of contaminated food can cause listeriosis, an infection that can lead to vomiting, fever, headache, and diarrhea, and can be deadly for children, pregnant women, people over 65, and others with compromised immune systems.
Despite the danger a listeria outbreak can pose to the public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July significantly scaled back the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, or FoodNet, which monitors for foodborne illnesses.
This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows an example of a pre-cooked pasta meal that Demers Food Group voluntarily recalled on Oct. 1, 2025, after a sample of a supplier's linguine pasta tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)
This image provided by the Food and Drug Administration shows an example of a precooked pasta meal that Demers Food Group voluntarily recalled on Oct. 1, after a sample of a supplier's linguine pasta tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
As of July 1, FoodNet stopped monitoring for listeria as well as campylobacter, Yersinia, cyclospora, shigella, or vibrio, according to NBC News. Only two pathogens continue to be monitored—salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.