Canine And Cat Meals Recall Sparks Nationwide Warning To Individuals And Their Pets

July 1, 2024 – Viva Uncooked LLC, Hillsborough, NC is voluntarily recalling canine and cat meals, together with the Viva Turkey for Canine Floor, Viva Turkey for Canine Chunked, Viva Turkey for Cats, Viva Pure Turkey, and Viva Beef & Turkey for Puppies all manufactured below Lot 21244 as a result of this lot, which incorporates these 5 merchandise are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and is a possible well being threat to individuals and pets.

Listeria monocytogenes may cause severe and generally deadly infections in pets consuming contaminated merchandise. Individuals can turn out to be uncovered to this pathogen by means of a number of routes akin to dealing with the contaminated merchandise, contact with pets which have eaten contaminated merchandise and/or contact with surfaces which have touched contaminated meals, akin to bowls, utensils, or counter tops. Danger of human sickness from Listeria monocytogenes contaminated pet meals will increase if individuals don’t completely wash their arms after dealing with the meals or having contact with their pet, or by not completely cleansing contaminated surfaces.

Wholesome individuals contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes might expertise some or all the following signs: nausea, vomiting, aches, fever and diarrhea. Listeria monocytogenes infections can unfold by means of the bloodstream to the nervous system (together with the mind), leading to meningitis and different probably deadly sicknesses. Pregnant ladies are particularly prone to Listeria an infection, which can lead to miscarriage. The younger, the aged, and other people with weak immune techniques are extra susceptible to an infection. Individuals exhibiting indicators of Listeria monocytogenes an infection after having contact with recalled product(s) or a pet that has eaten recalled product(s) ought to contact their healthcare suppliers.

Listeria monocytogenes sicknesses in pets are uncommon, and contaminated pets might show signs akin to gentle to extreme diarrhea, anorexia, fever, nervous, muscular and respiratory indicators, miscarriage, despair, shock and dying. Pets uncovered to contaminated meals may be contaminated with out exhibiting signs. Contaminated pets, even when they don’t present signs, can act as carriers and switch L. monocytogenes by means of their feces and saliva into the house surroundings and to individuals and different pets within the family. In case your pet has eaten the recalled product(s) and has signs of Listeria monocytogenes an infection, please contact your veterinarian.

The merchandise have been distributed on to shoppers in all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Solely merchandise from Lot 21244 are affected, Viva Uncooked is notifying all clients who have been shipped any Turkey or Beef & Turkey for Puppies merchandise between Could sixteenth and June twenty eighth, 2024.

No sicknesses associated to this lot have been reported up to now.

The product is distributed as frozen 1 lb bricks in clear vacuum packaging. Please see the hooked up instance of product labels. There aren’t any expiration dates for these merchandise.

Merchandise matching the particular lot quantity beneath are being recalled:

The difficulty was found throughout a facility inspection carried out by the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) and The North Carolina Division of Agriculture (NCDA). The FDA examined samples of Viva Turkey for Canine and located samples from Lot 21244 have been optimistic for Listeria monocytogenes. All merchandise produced in Lot 21244 have been slated for destruction. Nevertheless, we’ve got since realized a few of the product from this lot was inadvertently launched from the warehouse.

For those who discover that you’ve merchandise from Lot 21244, please contact Viva Uncooked at information@vivarawpets.com for a refund on any remaining product—it’s best to then destroy the meals in a method that youngsters, pets, and wildlife can not entry. Don’t feed the recalled product to pets or every other animals.

FDA recommends people don’t contact the contaminated meals product with naked arms. Whereas sporting gloves or utilizing paper towels, place the contaminated meals in a sealed plastic bag and throw it within the rubbish. Areas which will have are available in contact with the contaminated product needs to be sanitized. Don’t promote or donate the recalled merchandise..

When you’ve got any questions, please e-mail us at information@vivarawpets.com or name/textual content us at (919) 371-8882 between 9:00 am – 5:00 pm EST Monday to Friday.

You can too learn this launch on the FDA web site right here

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