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Green Cuisine Recalls Pesto Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk

Green Cuisine recalls 202 units of Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula (UPC 857898004333) due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

🇺🇸 FDA recall #F-0692-2017FoodGreen Cuisine ›
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Recalling firmGreen Cuisine, Inc.2021 1st St · San Fernando, CA 91340-2611
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What happened, in plain English

Green Cuisine, Inc. is recalling Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects 202 units distributed in California, Nevada, and Arizona. This is a Class I recall, indicating the highest risk of adverse health consequences. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/23954-green-cuisine-recalls-pesto-pasta-salad-due-to-listeria-risk.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/23954-green-cuisine-recalls-pesto-pasta-salad-due-to-listeria-risk · Updated October 9, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-0692-2017

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“Green Cuisine Recalls Pesto Pasta Salad Due to Listeria Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/23954-green-cuisine-recalls-pesto-pasta-salad-due-to-listeria-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-0692-2017 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0692-2017%22&limit=1).

Why it’s dangerous

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a serious infection. Infection can lead to fever, muscle aches, and gastrointestinal symptoms, and may spread to the nervous system causing meningitis or septicemia, which can be fatal.

Who’s affected

Consumers who purchased Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula from retailers in California, Nevada, or Arizona between the relevant dates are affected. Individuals with weakened immune systems, pregnant women, older adults, and young children are at highest risk for serious infection from Listeria.

How to tell if you have this one

Check your refrigerator for Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula in 16oz containers. Look for UPC 857898004333 and Lot code 06/20 on the label. The product was sold in California, Nevada, and Arizona.

  • Brand
    Green Cuisine
  • Product
    Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula, Net Wt. 16oz, UPC 857898004333
  • Category
    Food
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Stop consuming the product

    Do not eat the recalled Pesto Pasta Salad with Arugula if you have it at home.

  2. Discard or return the item

    Throw away the product or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed in 3 states.

Alaska: not listedAKMaine: not listedMEVermont: not listedVTNew Hampshire: not listedNHWashington: not listedWAIdaho: not listedIDMontana: not listedMTNorth Dakota: not listedNDMinnesota: not listedMNIllinois: not listedILWisconsin: not listedWIMichigan: not listedMINew York: not listedNYRhode Island: not listedRIMassachusetts: not listedMAOregon: not listedORNevada: yesNVWyoming: not listedWYSouth Dakota: not listedSDIowa: not listedIAIndiana: not listedINOhio: not listedOHPennsylvania: not listedPANew Jersey: not listedNJConnecticut: not listedCTCalifornia: yesCAUtah: not listedUTColorado: not listedCONebraska: not listedNEMissouri: not listedMOKentucky: not listedKYWest Virginia: not listedWVVirginia: not listedVAMaryland: not listedMDDelaware: not listedDEArizona: yesAZNew Mexico: not listedNMKansas: not listedKSArkansas: not listedARTennessee: not listedTNNorth Carolina: not listedNCSouth Carolina: not listedSCDistrict of Columbia: not listedDCOklahoma: not listedOKLouisiana: not listedLAMississippi: not listedMSAlabama: not listedALGeorgia: not listedGAHawaii: not listedHITexas: not listedTXFlorida: not listedFL

FDA distribution: “US: CA, NV, and AZ” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

States: Arizona, California, Nevada.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 6 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Jun 16, 201612. FDA classified it Class I: Dec 9, 201623. FDA terminated the recall: Dec 12, 201634. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Dec 21, 201642016
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class I
  3. FDA terminated the recall
  4. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.

  • Official source: FDA Recall #F-0692-2017 (June 16, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0692-2017 to see it in context.
  • Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 9, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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