Food recall

The Kroger Co recall: Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad

The Kroger Co, of Cincinnati, OH, recalled Basil Pesto Bowtie Pasta Salad and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 26, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 29, 2025. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed March 6, 2026

The recall

Company
The Kroger Co (Cincinnati, OH)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Store-made deli items contain a pasta ingredient that was recalled due to potential Listeria monocytogenes”
Where it was sold
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
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
97738

The 2 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • H-0094-2026 Class I

    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: Sold On: Sep 6 2025 through Oct 2 2025

    Quantity: 5,567.4 lbs.

  • H-0095-2026 Class I

    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: Sold On: Aug 29 2025 through Oct 2 2025

    Quantity: 25,792 lbs.

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 29, 2025.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.