FDA Warns Public Over Potentially Radioactive Walmart Shrimp

The FDA advised Walmart to recall certain lots of Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp after exposure to Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.

A woman wheels a cart with her purchases out of a Walmart store in Derry, N.H., on Nov. 18, 2020. Charles Krupa/AP Photo

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 19 told the U.S. public not to eat, sell, or serve certain imported Walmart frozen shrimp produced by an Indonesian company because it may have been exposed to a radioactive material.

Health officials said in a statement that it is investigating reports of Cesium-137 contamination in shipping containers as well as shrimp products that were processed by Indonesia-based PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, also known as BMS Food.