PITTSBURGH — Giant Eagle, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of its “Smoked Mozzarella Pasta Salad” due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the company announced.

The recall affects products sold in the prepared foods departments of Giant Eagle and Market District locations across western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and Indiana. It follows a nationwide recall of ready-to-eat pasta from Nate’s Fine Foods, which supplied the product.

Health officials warn that Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. While healthy individuals may experience only short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea and diarrhea, infections can cause miscarriages and stillbirths in pregna

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