The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about possibly radioactive shrimp being sold at Walmart locations.
On Tuesday morning, the FDA advised Walmart customers in a press release not to “eat, sell, or serve certain imported frozen shrimp” from an Indonesian distributor, BMS Foods, due to possible contamination with the radioactive isotope, Cesium-137.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection detected Cesium-137, also known as Cs-137, in shipping containers at four ports in the United States. The FDA tested a sample of frozen shrimp from Indonesia’s BMS Foods, which came back positive for Cs-137. No shrimp that has tested positive for Cs-137 has entered the U.S. food supply, per the FDA.
The following Great Value brand frozen shrimp products have been recalled and should not be consumed or served:
- Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005540-1, best by date: March 15, 2027
- Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005538-1, best by date: March 15, 2027
- Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005539-1, best by date: March 15, 2027
The frozen shrimp product, per the FDA’s press release, appears to have been “prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with Cs-137 and may pose a safety concern.”
For customers who’ve recently purchased any of the affected frozen shrimp products as described above, the FDA recommends that they be thrown out immediately.
“Distributors and retailers should dispose of this product and should not sell or serve this product,” the FDA warned.
The FDA has also added Indonesia’s BMS Foods to a new import alert for chemical contamination. Products from the firm will no longer enter the U.S. until they’ve “resolved the conditions that gave rise to the appearance of the violation.”
