Okay, you can probably guess.
U.S. food safety officials have issued multiple warnings over the past five weeks about shrimp on supermarket shelves that could be radioactive. But this week has seen even more recalls than usual, with four new warnings for various brands of shrimp since Sunday.
The latest recalls are for shrimp from Lawrence Wholesale, Southwind Foods, and AquaStar, distributed across the country in enough forms to make Bubba from Forrest Gump proud: frozen raw shrimp, shrimp skewers, cooked shrimp, and cocktail shrimp.
The shrimp recalls started last month after Great Value frozen raw shrimp sold at Walmart was flagged for potentially being contaminated with Cesium-137. The Cs-137 found in that shrimp measured 68 Bq/kg, below the standard for federal intervention, which sits at 1200 Bq/kg. But officials were still concerned because prolonged exposure to small amounts of radiation can lead to health problems.
The cause of the potential contamination in all these shrimp is still unclear, though the FDA warns the shrimp was potentially packaged and prepared in “unsanitary conditions.
