Beaver Street Fisheries, LLC is recalling a “limited quantity” of Great Value Frozen Raw Shrimp EZ-Peel & Deveined Tail-On 21-25 Per lb.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Beaver Street Fisheries, LLC of Jacksonville is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of raw, frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to potential contamination with a radioactive isotope.

The Jacksonville company is recalling Great Value Frozen Raw Shrimp EZ-Peel & Deveined Tail-On 21-25 Per lb (Best by Date: 3/15/2027) due to the product’s possible exposure to Cesium-137, or Cs-137, which is a man-made isotope.

As of Friday, the FDA said no illnesses have been reported.

The following are lot codes associated with the recall, according to the FDA:

  • 8005540-1
  • 8005538-1
  • 8005539-1

Those who have purchased the recalled shrimp should throw them away immediately, the FDA said. They were sold in Walmart stores between July 28 and Aug. 7.


The FDA issued the recall on Tuesday, Aug. 19, saying Cesium-137 was detected in shipping containers and frozen shrimp products at four U.S. ports.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol alerted the FDA about the Cs-137 detection, and regulators collected samples from the containers and products, confirming the presence of the radioactive component in one sample of breaded shrimp, according to a press release.

The shrimp products were processed by Indonesia’s PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, known as BMS Foods.

Walmart confirmed that the recall only affects 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.

The FDA stated in the recall that no shrimp testing positive for Cs-137 has been allowed entry into the U.S. food supply. However, the FDA is still urging a recall of all the products from BMS Foods that were shipped after the company’s shipping containers tested positive for Cesium-137.

“The agency continues to coordinate with CBP to prevent any contaminated products from reaching consumers and is working with Indonesian seafood regulatory authorities to investigate the root cause of the contamination,” the FDA said.


What is Cesium-137?

Cs-137 is a man-made radioactive isotope and trace amounts of it are found in soil, food and air, according to the FDA.

The levels detected in the breaded shrimp sample could pose a health concern if consumed over an extended period.

“The level of Cs-137 detected in the detained shipment was approximately 68 Bq/kg, which is below FDA’s Derived Intervention Level for Cs-137 of 1200 Bq/kg. At this level, the product would not pose an acute hazard to consumers,” the FDA said in a statement. “Avoiding products like the shipment FDA tested with similar levels of Cs-137 is a measure intended to reduce exposure to low-level radiation that could have health impacts with continued exposure over a long period of time.”

The long-term effect of repeated low exposure to Cesium-137 is an elevated risk of cancer, resulting from damage to DNA within living cells of the body, the agency said.

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