Have you recently purchased Kirkland Signature brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke from Costco? You should check to make sure it wasn’t part of a new recall.
Western United Fish Company (also known as Annasea Foods Group) of Kent, Washington, has issued a recall for 3,314 pounds of Kirkland Signature brand Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke packed on Sept. 18, 2025, with a sell-by date of Sept. 22, 2025.
The recall is over concerns about Listeria contamination, which can be fatal among young kids, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems. Otherwise healthy people can still have serious symptoms from listeria infection, including high fever, bad headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, according to the FDA.
The poke was packaged in plastic clamshell containers with Kirkland Signature branding, though it was produced by Western United Fish Company/Annasea Foods Group. Consumers are being told to dispose of the product immediately and request a full refund from their local Costco.
The concern over listeria is actually focused on the green onions that were included in the product rather than the raw fish.
“This recall was initiated after being notified by our green onion supplier of a Listeria monocytogenes positive test result in the green onions which were used only in Ahi Tuna Wasabi Poke on 9/17/2025,” the company said in a statement posted to the FDA website. “We are continuing to work with our green onion supplier to determine the root cause.”
The states where the poke has been recalled:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Listeria can be a very serious problem. Back in June, chicken fettuccine alfredo meals sold at Kroger and Walmart were recalled after 17 people became ill and 3 people actually died, according to NPR. It turned out they were contaminated with listeria. One woman also lost a fetus, which is why pregnant people are advised to be particularly alert when recalls over listeria happen.
Experts have expressed concern over the Trump regime’s cuts to America’s food safety monitoring programs in recent months. The CDC quietly cut back the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (or FoodNet), which tracks foodborne illness, according to a startling report from the New York Times. And one of the concerns is that most people won’t really notice the change until it’s too late. In a country of over 330 million people, a handful of people dying from a given outbreak is barely noticed. But if food safety regulators don’t have the data to spot an outbreak, those handful of deaths can grow unnecessarily.
Consumers with any questions about the Costco poke recall are being encouraged to contact Western United Fresh Co./Annasea Foods Group by calling 425-558-7809 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. ET (7 a.m. to 3:30pm PT) Monday to Friday, or to email: [email protected].
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