Abstract
Firm Announcement Date:
July 01, 2024
FDA Publish Date:
July 01, 2024
Product Sort:
Animal & VeterinaryFood & Drinks Animal Feed
Foodborne Sickness
Cause for Announcement:
Recall Cause Description
Listeria monocytogenes
Firm Title:
Viva Uncooked, LLC
Model Title:
Product Description:
Firm Announcement
July 1, 2024 – Viva Uncooked LLC, Hillsborough, NC is voluntarily recalling canine and cat meals, together with the Viva Turkey for Canines Floor, Viva Turkey for Canines Chunked, Viva Turkey for Cats, Viva Pure Turkey, and Viva Beef & Turkey for Puppies all manufactured underneath 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. Folks can develop into 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. Threat of human sickness from Listeria monocytogenes contaminated pet meals will increase if individuals don’t totally wash their palms after dealing with the meals or having contact with their pet, or by not totally 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 diseases. Pregnant ladies are particularly inclined to Listeria an infection, which may end up in miscarriage. The younger, the aged, and other people with weak immune programs are extra weak to an infection. Folks 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 diseases 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 loss of life. 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 atmosphere 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 customers 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 diseases associated to this lot have been reported to this point.
The product is distributed as frozen 1 lb bricks in clear vacuum packaging. Please see the connected instance of product labels. There are not any expiration dates for these merchandise.
Merchandise matching the particular lot quantity under are being recalled:
PRODUCT:
LOT#
Viva Turkey for Canines Floor
21244
Viva Turkey for Canines Chunked
21244
Viva Turkey for Cats
21244
Viva Pure Turkey
21244
Viva Beef &Turkey for Puppies
21244
The difficulty was found throughout a facility inspection performed 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 Canines 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 now have since discovered a number of the product from this lot was inadvertently launched from the warehouse.
When you discover that you’ve got 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 manner that kids, pets, and wildlife can’t entry. Don’t feed the recalled product to pets or some other animals.
FDA recommends people don’t contact the contaminated meals product with naked palms. Whereas sporting gloves or utilizing paper towels, place the contaminated meals in a sealed plastic bag and throw it within the rubbish. Areas that will have are available contact with the contaminated product needs to be sanitized. Don’t promote or donate the recalled merchandise..
If in case you have 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.
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