Cat Food Recall: Another Popular Brand Recalled for Bird Flu Contamination

A new cat food recall has been announced, this time affecting select products from a well-known “raw food” brand due to potential bird flu contamination.

Local 12 reports that Wild Coast LLC recalled batches of raw cat food in early March due to concerns that they could cause avian flu in pets. More recently, on March 15, a second pet food business issued a similar cat food recall, citing potential avian flu contamination.

According to the FDA’s website, Savage Pet has recalled two of its products because they have the “potential to contain H5N1, also known as bird flu.”

The following are the products affected by the cat food recall:

• Savage Cat Food Large Chicken Boxes (84 ounces), best by 11/15/2026
• Savage Cat Food Small Chicken Boxes (21 ounces), best by 11/15/2026

Although no human cases of avian flu have been detected when handling pet food, customers should exercise caution.

The FDA advised customers who purchased the products to watch for bird flu symptoms in their cats, such as fever, lethargy, low appetite, swollen eyes, discharge from the eyes or nose, difficulty breathing, tremors, rigid movements, seizures, or blindness. If your cats exhibit any of these symptoms, contact a veterinarian immediately.

This Cat Food Recall Is the Latest Bird Flu-Influenced Pet Food Product Recall

The Savage Pet cat food recall is the latest pet food product recall in the United States. In December, a voluntary recall was issued after a cat died from eating food contaminated with bird flu.

Following the recall of Northwest Naturals’ 2-pound Feline Turkey Recipe brand, Los Angeles County health officials advised pet owners not to feed their cats raw food.

A house cat in Washington County, Oregon, “contracted H5N1 and died after consuming the raw frozen pet food,” according to a statement issued by the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) on Tuesday, Dec. 24, following health officials’ tests.

“Tests confirmed a genetic match between the virus in the raw and frozen pet food and the infected cat,” the statement added.

“We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,” said ODA State Veterinarian Ryan Scholz in a statement, per the outlet. “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.”