CUMBRIA Trading Standards have issued a warning to cat owners after The Food Standards Agency issued advice to owners not to feed their cats specific food products.

This follows a rise in cases of feline pancytopenia which can cause serious illness in cats.

Here is the list of cat foods sold by Sainsbury's, Pets at Home and Applaws owners are warned to avoid:

- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken, Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Salmon

- AVA Adult Mature Chicken 7+

- AVA Senior Chicken 12+

-AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach

- AVA Weight Management

- AVA Hairball

- AVA Oral Care

- AVA British Shorthair

- AVA Persian,

- AVA Maine Coon

- Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Salmon 1+ Years

- Applaws Kitten Dry Chicken

- Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Chicken 1+ Years

- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Lamb

- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Duck, Applaws Cat Dry Ocean Fish

- Applaws Cat Dry Senior Chicken

- AVA Kitten Chicken

- AVA Adult Chicken

- AVA Adult Fish

If you have bought any of the above products you should stop feeding them to your cat and contact the seller for advice.