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More frozen shrimp recalled for possible radioactive contamination (apnews.com)

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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.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Traces of Cesium-137 are widespread in the environment including food, soil and air.

Couldn't this contamination just be the result of old nuclear tests or accidents rather than something recent? Fukushima dumped a lot of Cs-137 and other contaminants into the Pacific.

This other article really had me scratching my head, though. Emphasis mine.

Testing hasn’t turned up contamination in any product that made it to shelves, the FDA said — the shrimp “appears to have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with Cs-137 and may pose a safety concern.”

The shrimp came out of the water fine, but it was stored someplace where it just picked up 68 becquerels per kilogram of Cs-137? How does that even make sense?

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know about you, but I am certainly not cleaning my shelves well enough to avoid Cs-137 contaminating my shrimp...

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

*looks around at dusty shelves*

You may have a point.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone built their Satisfactory nuclear enrichment center too close to the local Bubba Gump's.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't justify nuclear. I want to, but it's such a daunting setup and rocket fuel works well enough.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm still working out heat sinks and haven't even gotten into nitrogen besides parking a fused assembler next to one spot. This game gets wild, fast.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm building my first circular factory. I think I hate it, but it looks really neat

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yous askin too many questions, bub. Keep askin and ya may just find out.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Shrimp source is from Indonesia company. Opposite side of Fukushima. Maybe they are transhipping their garbage to deregulated shithole countries hoping US won't notice.