FDA reported that cat and dog food manufacturers are required to consider H5N1 in food safety plans

The FDA has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods who are covered by the FDA “Food Safety Modernization act-Preventative Control for Animal Food” (PCAF) rule and using uncooked or unpasteurized materials derived from poultry or cattle to reanalyze their food safety plans to include Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (specifically H5N1) as a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard. The FDA is issuing this update to ensure that cat and dog food manufacturers are aware of information about the new H5N1 hazard associated with their pet food products, which is an additional reason that manufacturers must conduct a reanalysis of their food safety plans. The FDA is tracking cases of H5N1 in domestic and wild cats in California, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington State that are associated with eating contaminated food products. Scientific information is evolving, but at this time, it is known that H5N1 can be transmitted to cats and dogs when they eat products from infected poultry or cattle (e.g., unpasteurized milk, uncooked meat, or unpasteurized eggs) that have not undergone a processing step that is capable of inactivating the virus, such as pasteurizing, cooking or canning. Cats (domestic and large felids), in particular, can experience severe illness or death from infection with H5N1. Dogs can also contract H5N1, although they usually exhibit mild clinical signs and low mortality compared to cats. At present, H5N1 has not been detected in dogs in the United States, but there have been fatal cases in other countries.@ https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/cvm-updates/cat-and-dog-food-manufacturers-required-consider-h5n1-food-safety-plans?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

 

 

 Cat & Dog Food Manufacturers Required to Consider H5N1 in Food Safety
Cat & Dog Food Manufacturers Required to Consider H5N1 in Food Safety

FDA has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods to reanalyze their food safety plans to include HPAI virus (H5N1).

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