Raw pet reminder, related to diseases, death in cats

A California Pet Food Maker remembered her raw chicken products after they have been related to The flu of the bird Infections in two cats and suspected in a third in New York.

The complaint is the latest of the last months related to the products that can be contaminated with the virus that has sick and killed cats in several states, after racing through yard birds and dairy cats and caused diseases in at least 70 people.

Savage Pet, from him Cajon, California, this week remembered a lot of large and small chicken boxes, because they can be contaminated with type of H5N1. The boxes are cardboard and contain individual packages of plastic products. The lot code and the best date 11152026 are stamped on products. Pet food has been distributed in California, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.

This week, New York health officials have asked consumers to avoid wild pets due to cat disease.

A cat became ill and died this month after eating wild pet products. The final test results are pending, but a preliminary test for H5N1 was “non -negative”, indicating that a certain amount of virus has been detected, a spokesman of the department said.

A second cat was diagnosed with H5N1 and died – and the tests suggested that it was infected with a stem related to the one found in the food for wild pets. However, that cat did not eat food; It was exposed to a third cat that became ill after eating the food from the lot involved. The cat survived, but was not tested.

New York cases are the latest reports on cats in several sick states and killed by H5N1. At least 115 influenza infections of birds in domestic cats have been related to the US Agriculture Department of 2022, with the most records of 2024. Cats can catch the virus from wild animals or contaminated milk.

Earlier this month, Wild Coast Raw from Olympia, Washington, remembered the frozen food of raw chicken chicken, after being related to diseases and deaths in cats in Oregon and Washington. In December Morasch Meats in Portland, Oregon, and remembered Northwest Naturals Cross and frozen food brand for Turkey’s pet after testing for a virus and was related to the death of a local cat.

Dr. Jarra Jagne, a veterinary expert at Cornell University, said that pet owners should avoid feeding their animals unpasteurized or raw pet food due to the risk of bird flu, as well as other germs, such as Salmonella, Listeria and E. Coli.

“I would not give my raw animals,” she said. “Everything is about cooking.”