PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon home cat died after consuming pet meals that examined optimistic for hen flu, Oregon authorities stated, prompting a recall of uncooked frozen pet meals that was bought nationwide.
Northwest Naturals, a pet meals firm primarily based in Portland, Oregon, stated Tuesday it had voluntarily recalled one batch of its two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe uncooked frozen pet meals after it examined optimistic for the virus. The product was bought by way of distributors in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin, in addition to Canada’s British Columbia.
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“We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,” Oregon Division of Agriculture State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz stated in a Tuesday information launch. “This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not exposed to the virus in its environment, and results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.”
The recalled product is packaged in two-pound plastic baggage with “best if used by” dates of Could 21, 2026, and June 23, 2026. The corporate and Oregon authorities stated that buyers who purchased the recalled product ought to throw it away instantly and phone the place of buy for a refund.
No human circumstances of hen flu have been linked to the incident, however those that have been involved with the cat are being monitored for flu signs, Oregon authorities stated.
Greater than 60 individuals in eight states have been contaminated, with largely delicate sicknesses, based on the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, or CDC. One particular person in Louisiana has been hospitalized with the nation’s first identified extreme sickness brought on by the virus, well being officers stated final week.
To this point, the CDC has confirmed one human case of hen flu in Oregon. The particular person was linked to a beforehand reported outbreak at a business poultry operation and absolutely recovered after experiencing delicate sickness, based on a November information launch from the Oregon Well being Authority.
In late October, the U.S. Division of Agriculture introduced {that a} pig at a yard farm in Oregon was discovered to have hen flu, marking the primary detection of the virus in U.S. swine.
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