The FDA issued a recall warning for bags of frozen shrimp sold under Walmart's 'Great Value' brand due to concerns over radioactive contamination from Cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission. Although only one shrimp shipment tested positive, the isotope poses severe health risks, including burns and radiation sickness. The FDA noted contaminated containers were sent to four major US ports but insisted no shrimp entered circulation. Additionally, the agency acknowledged the shrimp may have been prepared under unsanitary conditions, although they did not provide further details.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains, coming into contact with it can cause "burns, acute radiation sickness, and even death."
The FDA has said that the contamination was only found in a single shipment, but that containers that tested positive for the radioactive isotope ended up at four large US ports: Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Savannah, Georgia.
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