Walmart frozen pizzas recalled after salmonella risk in supplier ingredients

Walmart shoppers and store workers need to watch the freezer case closely: Great Value frozen pizzas were caught up in a salmonella-related recall tied to supplier ingredients, and customers are being told not to eat the products and to return them for a refund.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the public health alert on April 30, 2026, then updated it on May 1 to add more affected products and labels. The agency said the problem traces to FDA-regulated dairy ingredients, specifically dry milk powder, that may be contaminated with Salmonella. FSIS also said it expected additional downstream products to be identified as the ingredient recall moved through the supply chain.

That matters on the sales floor because this is not just one isolated item. At least eight products sold at Walmart and ALDI were included in the downstream alert, including Great Value frozen pizzas at Walmart and Mama Cozzi’s breakfast pizzas at ALDI. The alert also reached other products sold at the two chains, including pork rinds. For store teams, that means shelf pulls, blocked inventory, and a wave of customer questions at the service desk and front end as shoppers compare package labels against recall notices.

Walmart said it works swiftly to block recalled items from being sold and remove them from stores. ALDI said a pull-from-sale alert from either a manufacturer or its corporate buying department triggers a rapid response plan for handling recalls. In practical terms, that means associates in frozen food, claims, and customer service are often the first line of defense when a supplier problem lands in the building, long before shoppers hear about it elsewhere.

The recall comes amid a run of salmonella-related food actions, including Ghirardelli Chocolate Company’s April 28 recall of powdered beverage mixes over possible contamination. FSIS says Salmonella is the most frequently reported cause of foodborne illness, and the FDA cites CDC estimates of about 1.35 million infections, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths each year in the United States. That is the daily-life cost behind these recalls: a product can look fine in the case and still be unsafe because the problem started upstream, inside the ingredient chain. Additional products may still be added as the alert continues to develop.