More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled.

More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday.

California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen shrimp sold under the brands Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street. The bagged products were distributed between July 17 and Aug. 8 to stores and wholesalers in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state.

The products have the potential to be contaminated with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope that is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.

  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The U.S. imports between 1.7-2 billion pounds of shrimp a year. That’s a lot more than I expected. Someone is eating a lot more shrimp than I am.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        If the Earth had feelings I’m sure it’d be happy to know long after we accelerate the surfaces inhabitability for the majority of our population, it will keep chugging along. The amount of surface water and orbital path should guarantee a million years from now when humans have inevitably killed themselves, life will still exist on earth. And one day it will turn to see the sun rolling into its eyes and think to itself, after all these years. Rick Astley still never gave up on me.