The FDA said it is working with distributors and retailers that received the shrimp from BMS Foods “to recommend that firms conduct a recall,” according to the press release.
If the FDA is confident enough to warn us about it, why aren’t they forcing a recall?
Has it occurred to you that some people may like eating radioactive shrimp? They should be free to do so!
Honestly, I’m upset at these Big Government Nanny State tactics, trying to scare me into not eating the radioactive shrimp which I’ve heard are actually healthier than regular shrimp.
Can we get DOGE to investigate these guys? Who is bankrolling them to spread misinformation?
Mmm… Spongy jaw…
I fully support any people who want to eat radioactive shrimp to be allowed to eat radioactive shrimp
Do you support their radioactive poop entering the municipal water treatment plant?
The more the merrier.
Radioactive shrimp cured my autism. How dare the LIBERALs try to take away our Freedom Foods! Give me seafood sovereignty or give me death!
Says the EPA limit is 1200Bq/kg, and the shrimp are at 68Bq/kg, so its nowhere near the limit. The way I see it I can eat 17.6kg or 38.8lbs of that shrimp before it hits that limit, and I know those limits are conservative for safety reasons, so I can exceed that without too much concern.
Based on some other limits from the NRC and some very rough math I would be willing to eat up to 98000 pounds of that per year. I’ll play it safe and take about 2000 pounds of free shrimp please.
Why is this even an issue in that case, then?
Makes for a good headline. Radiation is the thing few people understand and most people fear.
I suppose the possibility exists that the number stated is what was found, but if the shrimp was only spot checked then contamination could exist in higher concentrations. Really depends on how it got contaminated which they dont say.
Significantly less than you get from eating one banana.
That would require taking responsibility.
The FDA still exists?
For now
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Living in the USA in 2025 is like that movie Cabin in the Woods. Basically every conceivable way for the country to end is happening simultaneously, all at once, and even then nobody bet on the radioactive shrimp, not even the maintenance crew. Granted, the reason they didn’t bet on the shrimp is because they all got furloughed by DOGE back in February.
“Radioactive shrimp from Walmart” sounds like good sci-fi.
Joking aside, Walmart is a prolific human rights abuser. People in not only USA, but Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and China have been reported to have intensive labor exploitation and abuse.
Forced labor, wage theft, sexual harassment, and sweatshop conditions with extremely low pay and long hours are among reports. Also, forced prison labor in Southeast Asia linked to their suppliers, allegations involving Uyghur forced labor in China, … just … ugh.
Well, you can’t make obscenely large profits with ever-increasing rates of increase without those things
There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it. Oh and cesium shrimp. But really, that’s basically it.
The FDA put out a warning. Well clearly there’s another agency that should abolished and be left up to the states.
/s.
RFK Jr: no guys it’s cool, it’ll make you healthy. It’ll replace vaccines. It’s all natural.
I have seasoned these shrimp personally. They are very high in radiation, just like the healthy sun that bring us all life.
Yes, only eat the shrimp loaded with agricultural runoff and microplastics
As god intended
Don’t forget the antibiotics.
Please God let them add radioactive shrimp to the next Fallout game.
the next Fallout game.
Next one might not be a game.
💀💀💀💀
Start collecting your bottle caps now!
Well the Mirelurks already exist
Already have two of them in FO4. Mirelurk hunters and Fogcrawlers.
I could swear I’d run across some packaged prawns in game, but i may be hallucinating that. Weird though, as I can even visualize the packaging. I did find this when searching though from a fallout game that was cancelled:
I guess they found out when they saw a couple glow in the shark :3
AS THE LEGENDS FORETOLD, THE AGE OF SHRIMP-MAN IS NIGH.
WITH THE INTELLIGENCE AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF A MAN, AND THE COLOUR AND EXOSKELETON OF A SHRIMP, NO EVIL IN THIS WORLD IS KMGHTY ENOUGH TO STOP SHRIMP MAN.
Music…
Shrimp man!
Shrimp man.Shrimp maaaan!
But it says “Great Value” on the package. Which is it?
they do have a great value, but in röntgens
The seafood is radioactive?
@lemmy.zip, if you have to proxy image links, could you please not break them?
Fuck you, I want shrimp powers
especially if it’s this supershrimp, you know, the one with 18 eyes ? strikes its claws at 20% the speed of light ? creating a vacuum fronted by a blinding plasma bubble, turning everything in its vicinity into shrimp-flavoured ash ?? ring a bell ??
Mantis shrimp
yes !! that’s the one
But there’s already a hero called Mantis
Fuck that, go Pistol shrimp. It can clap it’s claw so hard it sending out a blinding jet of plasma, and a directed shockwave which can stun nearby fish. Pistol shrimp make enough noise that nuclear submarines use them to hide from passive sonar.
holy shit, it’s my new favourite
But wait, there’s more!
You’ve seen the Peacock Mantish shrimp with his rock em sock em bopper of doom, but are you ready for Spear Mantis Shrimp, which have a motherfucking HARPOON instead of bashers?!
next you’re going to tell me the harpoon is supersonic ??
It doesn’t need to be.
Oh no! We’re trapped in this submarine! Who could possibly defend us???!!!
Me! El Shrimp Man!..Radio active!
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Has anyone an idea where this contamination comes from? With a half-life of Cs-137 of 30 years, the pretty mild dosage and no knowledge of how long those shrimp were on ice, there are a lot of possible sources without info about the amount of Barium contained or am i wrong?
I can’t find anything, but Cs-137 is used in food irradiation, so that’s a possibility.
For those wondering or panicking because they never heard of this, food irradiation is normal and common and a good thing, it’s not typically ionizing radiation that turns something radioactive, it’s more like how microwaves work but the non-heating kind. This was some kind of really rare fuckup.
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I am betting more people know how microwaves work in broad strokes than the kinds of radiation used to sterilize food. I know in the early days of microwave ovens there were a LOT of people who had no idea how it worked and thought if you opened the door too soon deadly radiation would leak out like the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark and melt everyone’s faces. Most kids who grew up in those times understood our parent’s concerns were overblown as we all tried microwaving various things for fun.
I think despite the other things our modern society is stupid about, most people get that microwaves are radio waves, because of the prevalence of microwave towers and personal satellite dishes that use microwaves. Meanwhile, barely anyone has any idea what goes on between the carrot fields and walmart grocery bins.
The shorter the half-life, the more radiation the element is emitting. 30 years is quite short.
I know that, but there are a few things that might have caused this. Mushrooms and boar meat in some areas in Germany are still radioactive from chernobyl
