Walmart recalls frozen shrimp in 13 U.S. states
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Possible contamination of shrimp by a radioisotope led the Food and Drug Administration to issue a do-not-eat-or-sell warning Tuesday for three lots of frozen shrimp sold under Walmart’s Great Value brand.
The shrimp was processed by PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, also known as BMS Foods. The issue came to light after the US Customs officials detected cesium-137 (Cs-137), a radioactive form of cesium, in a shipping container carrying shrimp. “FDA detected Cs ...