Blue Ridge Beef has issued a nationwide recall for its pet meals merchandise over considerations of potential contamination with each Salmonella and Listeria Monocytogenes. If given to pets, the affected meals merchandise might trigger them to expertise extreme infections and/or sicknesses.
Initiated on December 21, the voluntary recall is an growth to a earlier pet meals recall issued in November and contains three totally different merchandise – Kitten Grind, Kitten Mix, and Puppy Mix.
As per Blue Ridge Beef, the recall was initiated after the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services knowledgeable the institution concerning the potential contamination following a random sampling take a look at of the three merchandise.
While no sickness or infections have been reported thus far, pet house owners are suggested in opposition to serving the recalled pet meals to their puppies and kittens. If served, the contaminated meals might trigger your pets to develop into torpid and expertise antagonistic results like diarrhea, belly ache, vomiting, and fever.
Some pets can also develop into carriers of the contamination and will pose a danger of an infection to people. Owners or handlers who fail to clean their palms after feeding or caressing such pets could also be extra susceptible to an infection. A Listeria and Salmonella an infection in people can typically be extreme with signs like bloody diarrhea, excessive fevers, muscle ache, physique aches, nausea, and belly cramps.
All you could find out about Blue Ridge Beef’s Pet Food Recall
At least three totally different pet meals merchandise are a part of a nationwide recall growth initiated by Blue Ridge Beef. Feared to be contaminated with Listeria and Salmonella, the affected merchandise pose dangers of infections and sicknesses if fed to pets.
The gadgets affected by this recall had been distributed from 11/14/2023 to 12/20/2023, and embrace Blue Ridge Beef-labeled merchandise like – Kitten Grind, Kitten Mix, and Puppy Mix. Available with totally different UPCs, the affected merchandise had been bought in packs of 2 lb. logs every. While the Kitten Grind got here with the UPC 8 54298 00101 6, the Kitten Mix got here with the UPC 8 54298 00143 6.
The Puppy Mix, then again, was available with the UPC 8 54298 00169 6. Sold by way of main retailers, the recalled pet meals was solely available within the areas of Connecticut (CT), Miami (MA), Maryland (MD), North Carolina (NC), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), and Virginia (VA).
All related particulars for recognizing the affected gadgets will be discovered beneath:
Pet house owners or handlers who might have bought the aforementioned merchandise are suggested in opposition to serving them to their pets. The affected gadgets must be disposed of in closed bins. You can then contact Blue Ridge Beef at [email protected] to be guided by way of a full refund course of.
Owners are additionally suggested to totally wash and sanitize the pet meals bowls and cups which will have are available contact with the recalled merchandise. If you consider that your pet might have been fed with contaminated gadgets, it’s best to contemplate taking them to the veterinarian. Any different queries associated to the recall will be forwarded to Blue Ridge Beef’s contact, Mr. Steven Lea, at (704) 880-4500.
