Posted on 12/23/2025 8:43:55 AM PST by Red Badger
The latest recall impacts Washington state-based Direct Source Seafood LLC products sold at various locations.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed a recall of more than 83,000 bags of raw frozen shrimp for potential radioactive contamination, expanding actions taken against shrimp products that were imported from Indonesia.
According to an announcement last week, Washington state-based Direct Source Seafood LLC is recalling 83,800 bags of frozen raw shrimp sold under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brand names “because they may have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with” radioactive cesium-137, or Cs-137. “Traces of Cs-137 are widespread and can be present in the environment at background levels, and at higher levels in water or foods grown, raised, or produced in areas with environmental contamination,” said the company through the FDA’s website.
“The primary health effect of concern following longer term, repeated low dose exposure (e.g., through consumption of contaminated food or water over time) is an elevated risk of cancer, resulting from damage to DNA within living cells of the body.”
Stores that carried the shrimp include Price Chopper, Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, and Lucky Supermarket, it said.
The shrimp was sold in locations in Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, and Vermont, according to the recall statement.
The shrimp products sold by Price Chopper were packaged in 1-pound bags with UPC codes 0 41735 and 01358 3. Other stores had 2-pound bags that had codes 021130 and 13224-9.
“Consumers who have purchased affected shrimp should not consume the product and should dispose of or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund,” the recall statement said.
No illnesses have been reported in connection with the latest recall. No product that tested positive for Cs-137 has entered the U.S. marketplace, the FDA said.
The latest action marks an expansion of a recall of frozen shrimp products sourced by one Indonesian company due to the presence of Cs-137, a manmade isotope. The FDA said it is investigating reports of contamination in containers and frozen shipments produced by the company, PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, which is doing business as BMS Foods.
In August, Walmart recalled frozen raw shrimp sold in 13 states due to potential radioactive contamination. At the time, the FDA asked Walmart to pull three lots of Great Value brand frozen shrimp from stores.
In separate recalls announced earlier this year, Southwind Foods LLC, AquaStar Corp., Beaver Street Fisheries LLC, and H&N Group Inc. recalled numerous lots and bags of shrimp sold in grocery stores due to potential contamination, the FDA said.
The FDA issued a safety alert in August warning consumers not to eat certain frozen shrimp imported from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati. The radioactive isotope was detected in shipping containers from the company sent to several U.S. ports, as well as in a sample of frozen breaded shrimp. The FDA also posted an import alert to stop potentially contaminated shrimp from entering the United States. More than 3 million pounds of shrimp exported by BMS Foods have arrived at U.S. ports in September, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection records. The level of cesium 137 detected in the frozen shrimp was about 68 becquerels per kilogram, a measure of radioactivity. That is far below the FDA’s level of 1,200 becquerels per kilogram that could trigger the need for health protections.
Why does so much of our seafood come from South East Asia? We have giant oceans on either side of our country and a giant gulf . Are there no fish, crab, clams, shrimp, lobsters, etc. in those waters?
With a half life of over 30 years a small particle absorbed into your body could cause serious health issues.
For all the boiling water reactor fans here. Eat it- Its good for you.
WHEW! I was worried it might have been the brand of the 4 lbs of frozen shrimp I recently picked up. I’m using them to make a BIG Hawaiian shrimp kebab on meal on the BBQ grill this weekend. For the first time I will be preparing Papaya seed dressing and will be marinating the shrimp in that. Fortunately NOT radioactive.
Depends on your age.
All the animals inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone test way high for radiation above the recognized safe limit, yet they live normally and thrive, from tiny mice and voles to wolves, deer, bear and moose.
Why? The scientists were stunned.
Then they figured it out.
The animals don’t live long enough for it to be a problem.............
Fukushrimpa
Some days though, all of my puns are in vein.
They are!..................
When there 83,000 bags of shrimp are contaminated, cesium immediately.
‘Tis the Season!
to be freezin’
83,000 Bags of Frozen Shrimp Recalled
83,000 Bags
You take one out and pass it around
83,000 bags of frozen shrimp recalled
(Endless shrimp tell no tails)
A banana typically contains around a half a gram of potassium, so it has an activity of around 15 Bq.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4313A
The average fruit is 20 cm long and weighs about 200 grams with the peel. The skin of a ripe banana weighs approximately 80 grams, which is 40% of the total weight of the fruit. In this regard, it is generally accepted that the average weight of one banana without a skin is 120 grams.
https://tastehub.decorexpro.com/en/banan/skolko-vesit/
Therefore, 1 kg of bananas contains 15/0.120 or approximately 125 Bq/kg, which is twice as much radioactivity as was found in the shrimp.
Perhaps a political decision?
All of the poor illegal alien slaves handling our food are trying to kill us. “Death From Within”.
They use radiation to kill cancers. For all we know it may be warding off a cancer cluster.
Who’s gonna eat 1kg of bananas? That’s 2.2 pounds!.........
Hmmm...
Turn out the lights, before eating shrimp...
Do they glow in the dark...
Double check with your Geiger counter...
Some food, especially seafood, spices, and mushrooms are deliberately irradiated by e-beam or Cs137. The packaging will have a little symbol called a “radura”.
Could it be that one of the food irradiators is leaking?
Not to worry, they can be recalled and delivered to salt water bait-and-tackle stores as glow in the dark bait.
Or cat food..................
Your granite kitchen counter can be read with a Geiger Counter.
I’ve been there!!!
Where is it?................
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