Criticism in Mass. results in cat meals recall

A pet meals firm is recalling greater than a thousand kilos of kitten meals after a pattern of one in all their merchandise in Massachusetts examined optimistic for salmonella. 

Blue Ridge Beef is recalling 1,350 kilos of their 2-pound log of kitten combine, in accordance with the assertion shared by the Meals and Drug Administration. A pattern of the product was collected in response to a buyer’s grievance of animal sickness on Dec. 12 by officers in Massachusetts and examined within the state’s public well being laboratory. The pattern examined optimistic for salmonella, which places each the animals consuming the product — and the people who deal with the product — liable to sickness. 

Blue Ridge Beef was notified of the optimistic take a look at on Jan. 3, and the corporate is now recalling lot N25-0716 UPC 8542980013436, which was distributed in Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut between July 18, 2024 and July 26, 2024. 

“Pets with Salmonella infections could also be torpid and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement, shared by the FDA. “Some pets can have solely decreased urge for food, fever, and stomach ache. Contaminated however in any other case wholesome pets may be carriers and infect different animals or people. In case your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these signs, please contact your veterinarian.”

Signs of salmonella an infection in people embrace nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramping, and fever. Officers urged anybody experiencing these signs after contact with the pet meals to contact their well being care supplier. 

The recall is the second issued by Blue Ridge Beef over salmonella considerations in a month. In December, the corporate issued a warning associated to its 2-pound log of pet combine.