{"id":33710,"date":"2026-09-27T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/33710\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:58:13","slug":"walmarts-bettergoods-pasta-brand-recalled-for-listeria-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/33710\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart&#8217;s Bettergoods pasta brand recalled for Listeria risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A frozen pasta sold at Walmart stores across the U.S., including in Kansas, has been recalled over possible health concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The pasta \u2014 Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine \u2014 may be contaminated with listeria, which \u201ccan cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems,\u201d according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women,\u201d federal health officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Which pasta was recalled at Walmart?<\/p>\n<p>The recalled Bettergoods brand frozen pasta comes in a 22-ounce yellow plastic bag, according to the Sept. 15 recall notice. It has UPC number 194346442706 and was marked with lot number L6079C or L6080C.<\/p>\n<p>The expiration date on the recalled pasta is either Sept. 19 or Sept. 20, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Bettergoods is a Walmart-exclusive brand.<\/p>\n<p>If you previously purchased this pasta, you may return it for a full refund.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image_1_235.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1729\" title=\"image_1_235.png\" alt=\"Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine has been recalled.\"\/>                                                                                    Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine has been recalled.                                                                                                                                                                        Photo provided by U.S. Food and Drug Administration                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe recall was the result of a routine sampling program conducted by Washington State Department of Agriculture and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which revealed that the finished products may contain the bacteria,\u201d officials said. \u201cThe company has ceased the distribution of the product as FDA and the company continue their investigation as to what caused the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No illnesses have been reported as of Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Wichita Eagle<\/p>\n<p>                Kaitlyn Alatidd<\/p>\n<p>                    McClatchy DC<\/p>\n<p>            Kaitlyn Alatidd is a service journalism reporter for The Wichita Eagle. She is a graduate of agricultural communications &amp; journalism at Kansas State University.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A frozen pasta sold at Walmart stores across the U.S., including in Kansas, has been recalled over possible health concerns. The pasta \u2014 Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine \u2014 may be contaminated with listeria, which \u201ccan cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5022,5020,5018,5021,5019],"class_list":["post-33710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-dining","tag-kansas-food","tag-kansas-grocery-stores","tag-kansas-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117342418059262355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}