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FDA issues warning, investigating after radioactive shrimp bound for Walmart detected at major US ports

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11 months ago

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said it is actively investigating after a shipment of Walmart shrimp tested positive for a man-made radioactive material. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) alerted the FDA to the detection of Cesium-137 (Cs-137) contamination in shipping containers and frozen shrimp products processed in Indonesia at four U.S. ports, including Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Savannah, Georgia, according to a news release from the FDA.Officials collected multiple samples for radionuclide analysis, confirming Cs-137 in one sample of breaded shrimp....