The FDA warns the public not to eat frozen shrimp that could be radioactive

Reminders and warnings occur every day. But the latest warning of the Food and Drug Administration on frozen shrimp is strange. Indeed, the health agency is concerned with a possible radioactive contamination.

The FDA issued an alert on Tuesday for a brand of frozen gross shrimps of high value brand sold at Walmart. The shrimps were processed by Pt. Bahari Makmur Sejati d’In Indonesia, also known as BMS Foods, and reported by customs and the protection of borders in four different entrance ports.

The FDA explains that it did not find shrimp on the shelves of stores which have been tested positive for radioactive contamination, but which fears that food “has become contaminated by the CS-137” because it “seems to have been prepared, wrapped or detained in unsanitary conditions”. The FDA would have found CS-137 in a single shrimp expedition which was obviously not allowed to be sent to the stores.

The quantity of CS-137 found in the shrimp was 68 Bq / kg, which is lower than the standard for federal intervention, which is located at 1200 Bq / kg. The CS-137 is a cesium radio-isotope that does not occur naturally and comes from nuclear explosions that began to contaminate the atmosphere of the earth since the first tests of 1945.

Traces of CS-137 can now be found in the environment, and the FDA explained in its alert that it was concerned about the type of exposure that the shrimps had during their preparation and the packaging.

The shrimp lots that are recalled:

• GREAT VALUE BRAND FROZEN CRUS CRUS, LOT CODE: 8005540-1, Best per date: 15/03/2027
• GREAT VALUE BRAND FROZEN CROW CRELRIMPS, LOT CODE: 8005538-1, BEST by date: 03/15/2027
• GREAT VALUE BRAND FROZEN CRUS CRUS, LOT CODE: 8005539-1, Best per date: 15/03/2027

Consumers are told to have any shrimp that they find with these lot codes.

“The FDA also added the PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati to a new import alert for chemical contamination in order to prevent the products of this company from entering the United States until the company has resolved the conditions that gave birth to the appearance of the violation,” said the health agency.

The American shrimp industry has long complained about the prices of foreign shrimp which undervalued the prices of the domestic product, and the Southern Shrimp Alliance stressed what it calls “disturbing reasons” that the FDA must suppress the shrimps imported from Indonesia. The group underlined an August 14 health alert on concerns about unsanitary conditions.

The Southern Shrimp Alliance welcomed President Donald Trump’s prices on Asian shrimp, which are roughly guaranteed to increase prices for consumers, but will give local shrimp a better chance of remaining competitive. Trump has threatened a 50% rate on India, which is likely to drive many shrimp companies in this country to go bankrupt or seek other markets. India already faces a 25% rate, and an additional 25% should be closed on August 27 to injure the country for the purchase of Russian oil, according to Reuters.

BMS did not immediately respond to a request for comments on Tuesday. Gizmodo will update this article if we hear.