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FDA Links H5N1 in RAWR Cat Food to Euthanized San Francisco Pet

Federal testing tied two RAWR raw cat food lots to the virus found in a euthanized San Francisco cat, prompting an FDA safety alert.

FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Overview

  • The FDA reported that two RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats lots tested positive for H5N1, with San Francisco officials finding the same strain in the cat and the food.
  • Affected lots are CCS 25 077 (sell-by Sept. 18, 2026) and CCS 25 093 (sell-by Oct. 3, 2026), sold frozen in 2.5-pound bags of one-ounce sliders.
  • USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed H5N1 in samples from the cat and the product, with sequencing pointing to a lineage previously detected and related to strains in birds and U.S. dairy cattle.
  • The FDA issued a product safety alert and no recall had been posted as of Thursday, while RAWR’s founder said the lots were removed weeks earlier and disputed the conclusion about the cat’s death.
  • No human infections linked to handling raw pet food have been identified to date, the CDC says the public risk remains low, and veterinary experts caution that raw diets and unpasteurized milk have been tied to feline cases.