return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day agoFDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmartabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down11
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minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-21 day ago The following Great Value brand frozen shrimp products should not be eaten, sold or served: 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 Came from Indonesia and company importing it has now been banned in the US. Cesium 137 is definitely not something you want to ingest
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·22 hours agoThe weird thing is that they’re saying it was contaminated during prep? So the shrimp wasn’t exposed in the environment, it was during processing? Why does the processing plant have Cesium?
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 hours agoRead on the FDA page cesium-137 is used as a gamma ray source for sterilization of some foods from microorganisms like e-coli and that a label is required to say it has been irradiated https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoAha, that makes more sense then!
Came from Indonesia and company importing it has now been banned in the US.
Cesium 137 is definitely not something you want to ingest
The weird thing is that they’re saying it was contaminated during prep? So the shrimp wasn’t exposed in the environment, it was during processing?
Why does the processing plant have Cesium?
Read on the FDA page cesium-137 is used as a gamma ray source for sterilization of some foods from microorganisms like e-coli and that a label is required to say it has been irradiated https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know
Aha, that makes more sense then!
To kill people?