A voluntary recall was issued for a line of uncooked and frozen pet meals after a cat died of bird flu, a case that Oregon officers related to the feline’s contaminated meals.
Northwest Naturals instructed shoppers Tuesday to toss their Feline Turkey Recipe uncooked frozen pet meals if its sell-by date falls between May 21, 2026, and June 23, 2026. The company’s website said the batch, which was offered throughout the United States, examined constructive for extremely pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), extra generally often known as chook flu.
Consumers can name 866-637-1872 for data on a refund.
The Oregon Agriculture Department additionally issued a notice concerning the recall, which adopted assessments by its lab and a veterinary diagnostic laboratory at Oregon State University.
State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz stated the division was assured that the cat’s chook flu was contracted from the Northwest Naturals meals.
“This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not uncovered to the virus in its atmosphere, and outcomes from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the uncooked pet meals and contaminated cat have been actual matches to one another,” he stated.
Members of the family are being monitored for chook flu signs by state officers, however no human instances have been recognized as of Tuesday. The state Agriculture Department urged individuals and their pets to keep away from consuming uncooked meat merchandise.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week reported the primary extreme human case of the most recent chook flu outbreak, H5N1, within the U.S., although dozens of different instances have been reported this 12 months. An individual was hospitalized in Louisiana after doubtlessly being uncovered by way of a yard flock, the company stated.
