The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public to not eat or serve certain frozen shrimp sold at Walmart, saying it may have been contaminated with unsafe levels of radiation that, if consumed, could lead to an elevated risk of cancer.

The release, issued Tuesday, says the FDA was alerted of the levels by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection, after officials said Cesium-137 (Cs-137) was detected in shipping containers of frozen breaded shrimp from Indonesian processor PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati at four U.S. ports.

The FDA is now investigating the reports, the release said.

According to the FDA, no products in the investigation have tested positive for Cs-137. However, contamination cannot be ruled out as it was determined that the processor violated the Federal Food, Drug, & Cos

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