FDA recommends Walmart recall certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp

Certain raw frozen shrimp products processed by PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, doing business as BMS Foods, a company located in Indonesia, and sold at Walmart (WMT) stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia. These products include the following product names, lot codes, and best by dates: 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 and Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp, lot code: 8005539-1, Best by Date: 3/15/2027. FDA is actively investigating reports of Cesium-137 contamination in shipping containers and frozen shrimp products processed by BMS Foods of Indonesia. The U.S. Customs & Border Protection alerted FDA to the detection of Cs-137 in shipping containers at four U.S. ports. FDA collected multiple samples for radionuclide analysis, with results confirming the presence of Cs-137 in one sample of breaded shrimp. All containers and product testing positive or alerting for Cs-137 have been denied entry into the country. 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. Although testing to date has not confirmed the presence of contamination in any product in commerce, the product 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. To date, FDA has learned that Walmart has received implicated raw frozen shrimp, imported after the date of first detection of Cs-137 by CBP, but from shipments that did not alert for Cs-137. FDA has recommended Walmart recall this product.