Expanded pasta recall impacts Walmart’s Bettergoods brand as Listeria contamination fears spread

Last month, a recall was initiated for select lots of a pasta product sold at Walmart stores nationwide. The recall stemmed from concerns that the product could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause serious infection and even death. Now, the Walmart pasta recall has expanded. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On October 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a recall notice about a pasta product. The product was made by Gias Foods of New York City and sold under Walmart’s Bettergoods brand. However, this is not the first recall notice associated with this product. Two weeks earlier, on September 15, the original recall of the Gias Foods-produced, Bettergoods-branded pasta was announced. This original announcement said the recall was limited to only specific lots of the pasta product. However, the new notice posted by the FDA yesterday says that all lots of the Bettergoods pasta product are being recalled. What is Bettergoods? Bettergoods is Walmart’s relatively new premium grocery label. As Fast Company reported at the time, Walmart launched the Bettergoods label in 2024 to create a premium private-label brand distin…