Photo: CIDRAP, University of Minnesota
Headline: WTHR, 3/183/2025
New York City health officials this week urged consumers to avoid Savage Pet products because of the cats' illnesses.
One cat fell ill and died this month after eating the Savage Pet products. Final test results are pending, but a preliminary test for H5N1 was “nonnegative,” which indicates that a certain amount of virus was detected, a department spokesperson said.
A second cat was diagnosed with H5N1 and died — and tests suggested it was infected with a strain related to that found in the recalled Savage Pet food. However, that cat did not eat the food; it was exposed to a third cat that fell ill after eating the food from the implicated lot. That cat survived but was not tested.
The recall is the latest in recent months tied to products potentially contaminated with the virus that has sickened and killed cats in several states
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