8 ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ALERT: FDA says shrimp sold at Walmart could be radioactive

8 ON YOUR SIDE CONSUMER ALERT: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a warning about shrimp sold at Walmart that it says could be radioactive.

The FDA says you should not eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp due to possible contamination from Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the isotope was discovered in shipping containers at four U.S. ports. The FDA says testing on frozen shrimp from the distributor, Indonesia’s BMS Foods, also tested positive.

The FDA says no shrimp that has tested positive for Cesium-137 has entered the U.S. food supply. But it is still recommending a recall on all products from BMS Foods that were shipped after the company’s shipping containers tested positive for Cesium-137, even though the products themselves have not tested positive.

The following Great Value brand frozen shrimp products are affected:

• Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005540-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027
• Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005538-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027
• Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005539-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027

“If you have recently purchased raw frozen shrimp from Walmart that matches this description, throw it away,” the FDA says.

The FDA said it is working with distributors and retailers that received the shrimp from BMS Foods “to recommend that firms conduct a recall.”

All products from BMS Foods are now banned from coming into the U.S. “until the firm has resolved the conditions that gave rise to the appearance of the violation,” the FDA said.