Radioactive Shrimp Likely to Keep Popping Up ‘For Months’
The Daily Beast • • business
Key Points:
- A new intelligence bulletin warns that imports from Indonesia, including shrimp, shoes, and spices, will likely continue testing positive for the radioactive isotope Cesium-137 (Cs-137).
- The FDA initially recalled shrimp from Indonesian company PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati in August after detecting Cs-137, advising consumers to avoid the shellfish due to potential long-term health risks.
- An investigation found radioactive contamination in an industrial zone near Jakarta, where the shrimp were processed, suggesting the contamination was likely unintentional.
- Homeland Security is prepared to block contaminated Indonesian products from entering the U.S., and no Cs-137 positive products have reached the U.S. market so far.
