Multiple frozen shrimp brands were recalled after a company voluntarily pulled product amid concerns about radioactive contamination. Recalled shipments were distributed to numerous states between July 17 and August 8, though specific retail locations were not disclosed. The FDA detected the radioactive isotope Cesium-137 in shipping containers and at least one product sample at several ports, and Walmart recalled its Great Value shrimp. The shipments trace back to an Indonesian supplier, BMS, and the FDA said contamination likely resulted from insanitary preparation, packing, or holding conditions rather than the shrimp themselves. Consumers should discard or return affected items for a refund.
On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration said that even more bags of frozen shrimp are being recalled for possible radioactive contamination after another company, Southwind Foods, voluntarily pulled its product. "I think they're doing the recall as a precautionary approach," Barbara Kowalcyk, director of the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at George Washington University, told the New York Times .
In an announcement, the California-based company said its recalled shrimp was distributed between July 17 and August 8 to locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state. Unhelpfully, it did not say what those locations are, or why it suspects contamination. But watch out for the brand names "Sand Bar," "Arctic Shores," "Best Yet," "Great American," and "First Street."
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