🇺🇸recall Of 86 Different Ready-to-eat Items Including Sandwiches, Snack Boxes, Pasta, And Meal

🇺🇸recall of 86 different ready-to-eat items including sandwiches, snack boxes, pasta, and meal boxes after being linked to multiyear, multistate listeria outbreak🇺🇸

sold in arizona, california, nevada, washington, and possibly distributed to other states. sold at stores and food service locations including hospitals, hotels, vending areas, breakroom areas, convenience stores, airports, and airlines. sold under at least 3 different labels. investigations are ongoing.

quick reminder: listeria can take weeks to months to cause illness.

FDA outbreak investigation page : CDC outbreak investigation page

FDA publish date may 11, 2025

before I (rune) talk about the recall itself, let me back up a bit. if all you want is the recall list, the link is right there, or scroll down.

illnesses were reported as far back as 2023. investigations began in 2024, but the source could not be tracked down. FDA and CDC investigations were reopened in april 2025 after routine FDA inspection of fresh & ready foods revealed equipment contaminated with listeria. this delay is one reason why reporting food poisoning is so fucking important, and how going to a doctor helps protect others. cases of illness were linked together, but there was not enough evidence to figure out what sickened patients until now. listeria can be especially tricky to track down, because it can sicken people weeks to months after they eat contaminated food.

alright. back to the recall.

Fresh & Ready Foods is voluntarily recalling some ready-to-eat sandwiches and snack items sold in Arizona, California, Nevada and Washington. This voluntary recall is being initiated due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.  The voluntarily recalled products were distributed between 04/18/2025 and 04/28/2025 in vending and breakroom areas within corporate offices, medical buildings and healthcare facilities located in Arizona, California, Nevada and Washington. This voluntary recall is specifically limited to the products with the “Use By” dates from 4/22/2025 to 05/19/2025 as detailed below.

some emphasis mine. "ready-to-eat" means foods that do not require cooking before eating, which is why they often cause food poisoning.

this company has been sickening people at least as far back as 2023, but only products within these use by dates are being recalled. the food was sold labeled not just as "fresh & ready" but also as "city point market fresh food to go" and "fresh take crave away".

important: the FDA investigation notes that products may have been distributed and sold in other states. those four states are only where these products were confirmed to have been sold so far.

Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, a Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

listeriosis, which is illness caused by listeria, can be fatal.

Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating the recalled foods. Pregnant women: Fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. Your illness may be mild, but Listeria can cause pregnancy loss or premature birth. It can also cause serious illness or death in newborns. Other people may have: Headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions, in addition to fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. ... Symptoms usually start within 2 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria but may start as early as the same day or as late as 10 weeks after.

(from the CDC investigation)

while no illnesses have been reported in the specific date range of food being recalled, 10 illnesses have currently been linked to this outbreak, and all 10 patients were hospitalized. the true number of people sickened by this outbreak is likely higher and potentially involves other states. the investigations are ongoing.

both the FDA and CDC recommend you throw out the recalled food and clean any surfaces the recalled food may have touched, including refrigerators. listeria can survive and grow in refrigerators.

the recall announcement includes how to get a refund.

examples of the packaging of the three recalled labels. images are cropped by me to better display on tumblr.

and now for the giant fucking list of recalled food, typos and all. for the sake of keeping this readable because tumblr does not let me add tables: size, item number, container type, and use by date are excluded. check the recall page for that information, more product images, and more complete information about this recall.

Fresh & Ready Foods Breakfast Bistro Box

Fresh & Ready Foods Breakfast Bistro Box

Fresh & Ready Foods Antipasto Bistro Box

Fresh & Ready Foods Artisan Cheese Bistro Box

Fresh & Ready Foods Veggie Snack Bistro Box

Fresh & Ready Foods Protein Snack

Fresh & Ready Foods Caprese Baguette

Fresh & Ready Foods Italian Ciabatta Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Thai Chicken on Ciabatta Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Croissant Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham & Cheese Croissant Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Chicken Salad Croissant Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Dark Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham & Cheese Dark Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods El Cubano Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Focaccia Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Mega Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham & Cheese Mega Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Mega Italian Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey Cranberry Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Tuna Salad Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Chicken Salad Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Roasted Chicken Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Bacon Club Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Petzel Bun Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Mike's Tuna Mac Pasta

Fresh & Ready Foods Garlic Pesto Pasta

Fresh & Ready Foods Almonds & Chocolate Snack

Fresh & Ready Foods Street Corn Dipper Snack

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Sub Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham & Cheese Sub Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Italian Hoagie Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Sub Club Supreme

Fresh & Ready Foods Beef Cheesesteak Sub Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham & Cheese on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Tuna Salad on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Roast Beef on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Egg Salad on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods PB&J on White Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Club Sandwich on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Chicken Salad on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Roasted Chicken on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Ham Torta Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Chicken Torta Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Croissant Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Cheese Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Turkey & Bacon Club Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh & Ready Foods Garlic Pesto Pasta

Fresh & Ready Foods Egg Salad on Wheat Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Turkey & Cheese on Wheat Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Ham & Cheese on Wheat Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Caprese Baguette

City Point Market PB&J Crunch on Country White

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Protein Snack

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Turkey & Bacon Multigrain Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Club Supreme Sub Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Italian Hoagie Sub Sandwich

City Point Market Fresh Food to Go Turkey & Cheese Sub Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Bacon Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Protein Snack

Fresh Take Crave Away Club Supreme Sub Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Italian Hogie Sub Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Cheese Sub Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Beef Cheesesteak Sub Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Cheese Croissant

Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad Croissant

Fresh Take Crave Away BPB&J on Country White

Fresh Take Crave Away El Cubano Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Cheese Focaccia

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Cheese Mega

Fresh Take Crave Away Ham & Cheese Mega

Fresh Take Crave Away Italian Mega

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey Cranberry Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Bacon Club Multigrain Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Mike's Tuna Mac Pasta

Fresh Take Crave Away Garlic Pesto Pasta

Fresh Take Crave Away Street Corn Dipper

Fresh Take Crave Away Ham & Cheese Sub

Fresh Take Crave Away Turkey & Cheese On Wheat Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Ham & Cheese on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Tuna Salad on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Egg Salad on Wheat Sandwich

Fresh Take Crave Away Chicken Salad on Wheat Sandwich

remember: contaminated food may have been distributed and sold in the US beyond just the 4 currently confirmed states, and the locations of currently confirmed patients on investigation pages are NOT comprehensive lists of where people are at risk. a lot of people just look at the maps in the investigation links and consider them comprehensive despite what the text actually says. do not do that.

bookmark the investigations if you want to keep up with updates. I will also try to add updates in reblogs.

FDA outbreak investigation page : CDC outbreak investigation page

reminder: I do not post about every recall or foodborne illness outbreak, even just those in the united states. there are WAY fucking more recalls than the very few that I wind up posting.

check out the beloved, ugly, and half-broken recalls.gov for more links about recalls in the US. recalls are issued nearly every single day.

stay safe and take care!