Hillsborough, North Carolina-based Viva Raw LLC is recalling select dog and cat foods citing potential health risk to people and pets due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
The recall involves Viva Turkey for Dogs Ground, Viva Turkey for Dogs Chunked, Viva Turkey for Cats, Viva Pure Turkey, and Viva Beef & Turkey for Puppies all manufactured under Lot 21244.
The product is distributed as frozen 1 lb bricks in clear vacuum packaging, directly to consumers in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. There are no expiration dates for these products.
Only products from Lot 21244 and Turkey or Beef & Turkey for Puppies products shipped between May 16 and June 28 are affected.
Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in pets eating contaminated products. People can become exposed to this pathogen through multiple routes such as handling the contaminated products, and contact with pets that have eaten contaminated products, among others.
Healthy people infected with Listeria monocytogenes may experience some or all of the symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, aches, fever and diarrhea. Pregnant women, the young, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems are more vulnerable to infection.
Listeria monocytogenes illnesses in pets are rare, and infected pets may display symptoms such as mild to severe diarrhea, anorexia, fever, nervous, muscular and respiratory signs, miscarriage, depression, shock and death.
However, no illnesses related to the impacted lot have been reported to date.
The recall was initiated after the issue was discovered during a facility inspection conducted by the agency FDA and The North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The FDA tested samples of Viva Turkey for Dogs and found samples from Lot 21244 were positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
All products produced in Lot 21244 were slated for destruction, but it was found that some of the product from this lot was inadvertently released from the warehouse.
Consumers are urged to contact Viva Raw for a refund on any remaining product.
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