Recall of raw and frozen cat food in Oregon after feline dies of bird flu
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Northwest Naturals has told customers to throw out Feline Turkey Recipe pet food after batch tested positive for virus. A voluntary recall of raw and frozen cat food has been issued in Oregon after a cat that died of bird flu was linked to the product, state officials have said.
Northwest Naturals has instructed customers of its Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food to throw out the product if its sell-by date falls between 21 May 2026 and 23 June 2026. The company said on its website the batch of cat food, which was sold across the US, tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as bird flu.
“Consumption of raw or uncooked pet food contaminated with HPAI can cause illness in animals. To date, one case of illness in a domestic cat has been reported in connection with this issue,” the company said. The Oregon agriculture department issued a notice saying that tests confirmed a genetic match between the virus in the raw and frozen pet food and the infected cat.
“We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,” said Dr Ryan Scholz, an ODA state veterinarian. “This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not exposed to the virus in its environment, and results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other,” Scholtz added.
