FDA recalls potentially radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart

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Great Value shrimp recalled Courtesy: Walmart.com

Check your freezer earlier you program your meal tonight. There’s an important callback that affects frozen shrimp sold successful the authorities of Florida.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, definite earthy frozen shrimp products processed by PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (doing concern arsenic BMS Foods retired of Indonesia), whitethorn person go contaminated with Cs-137 and whitethorn airs a information concern. 

Cs-137 is simply a radioisotope of cesium that is man-made done atomic reactions and due to the fact that it is wide worldwide, hint amounts of Cs-137 tin beryllium recovered successful the environment, including soil, food, and air.

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) alerted FDA to the detection of Cs-137 successful shipping containers astatine 4 U.S. ports (Los Angeles, Houston, Savannah, and Miami).

Consumers should not devour oregon service definite tons of Great Value earthy frozen shrimp sold astatine Walmart stores successful AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, OK, PA, TX, and WV:  

  • Great Value marque frozen earthy shrimp, batch code: 8005540-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027 
  • Great Value marque frozen earthy shrimp, batch code: 8005538-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027 
  • Great Value marque frozen earthy shrimp, batch code: 8005539-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027. 

If you person precocious purchased earthy frozen shrimp from Walmart that matches this description, propulsion it away. Do not devour oregon service this product.

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