Listeria fears sparks nationwide recall for five popular dog and cat food products - is your pet's favorite on the list?

A fashionable online favored nutrient institution has recalled 5 of its products amid fears of a beingness of listeria, it has emerged.

Viva Raw, located successful North Carolina, has recalled 5 turkey-based feline and canine nutrient products implicit hazard of bacteria contamination, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed, adding that the affected products were distributed to favored owners successful each 50 states and successful Washington DC.

The products included successful the callback were shipped arsenic frozen, one-pound bricks successful wide packaging. An expiration day was not listed connected the packaging. 

The FDA warned that listeria tin cause 'serious and sometimes fatal infections' successful pets that devour contaminated products. 

Humans tin besides beryllium exposed to the bacteria by handling contaminated products oregon coming successful interaction with pets that person consumed them.

Viva Raw has recalled its Viva Turkey for Dogs Ground, Viva Turkey for Dogs Chunked, Viva Turkey for Cats, Viva Pure Turkey and Viva Beef & Turkey for Puppies.

The recalled products were each manufactured nether Lot 21244 which was exposed to Listeria monocytogenes, the FDA reported.

Viva Raw, which ships caller favored nutrient to customers connected a subscription basis, said that samples from Lot 21244 tested affirmative for the bacteria.

All products produced from the batch had been 'slated for destruction' but the institution said immoderate items were 'inadvertently released from the warehouse' to customers. 

'Viva Raw is notifying each customers who were shipped immoderate Turkey oregon Beef & Turkey for Puppies products betwixt May 16th and June 28th, 2024,' the FDA property merchandise states. 'No illnesses related to this batch person been reported to date.' 

Any 1 who purchased products nether the callback are encouraged to interaction Viva Raw for a refund. They are besides advised to destruct the nutrient products to guarantee that children, pets and different wildlife are not contaminated by the bacteria.

Pet illnesses from listeria corruption are rare, according to the FDA, and those infected whitethorn not grounds immoderate symptoms.

However, immoderate infected animals whitethorn show symptoms of diarrhea, anorexia, fever, nervousness, muscular and respiratory issues, miscarriage, depression, daze and death.

'Pets exposed to contaminated nutrient tin beryllium infected without showing symptoms. Infected pets, adjacent if they bash not amusement symptoms, tin enactment arsenic carriers and transportation L. monocytogenes done their feces and saliva into the location situation and to radical and different pets successful the household,' the FDA said. 

'If your favored has eaten the recalled product(s) and has symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection, delight interaction your veterinarian.'

Humans who person been infected by listeria whitethorn include nausea, vomiting, aches, fever and diarrhea.

The FDA says large women are much susceptible to corruption and that the bacteria tin origin a miscarriage. Younger people, the aged and those with weakened immune systems are besides astatine higher hazard of getting sick. 

The bureau added: 'FDA recommends humans bash not interaction the contaminated nutrient merchandise with bare hands. While wearing gloves oregon utilizing insubstantial towels, spot the contaminated nutrient successful a sealed integrative container and propulsion it successful the garbage. 

'Areas that whitethorn person travel successful interaction with the contaminated merchandise should beryllium sanitized. Do not merchantability oregon donate the recalled products.'