U.S. Customs & Border Protection detected cesium-137 (Cs-137) in shipping containers at four U.S. ports, prompting denial of potentially contaminated products. Frozen Great Value shrimp sold at Walmart were voluntarily recalled after frozen shrimp from the same Indonesian producer, PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, were shipped from containers that had not tested positive. The FDA expanded the voluntary recall to Southwind Foods, covering brands Sand Bar, Best Yet, Arctic Shores Seafood, Great American Seafood Imports, and First Street. The recall covers multiple shrimp sizes and UPCs and involves product distributed July 17–August 8 to retailers, wholesalers, and distributors in nine states.
The first recall of Walmart frozen Great Value shrimp was issued earlier this week after U.S. Customs & Border Protection alerted the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) that it had detected a radioactive material called cesium-137 (Cs-137) in shipping containers in four U.S. ports. All possible contaminated products were denied entry to the country; however, frozen shrimp from the same producer implicated in the Cs-137 contamination were shipped to Walmart from containers that had not tested positive.
As of now, the shrimp is known to have been shipped to retailers, wholesalers, and distributors in nine states, although the names of the retailers have not been released. The product was distributed between July 17 and August 8, and the nine states where the potentially contaminated shrimp were shipped are Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state.
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