'Throw it away,' says the FDA to shoppers who may have bought Walmart shrimp exposed to radioactive contamination

• FDA warns shoppers against eating frozen shrimp from Walmart due to possible exposure to Cesium-137. • Three lots of frozen shrimp are affected, but all shipments from the distributor will be recalled. • Cesium-137 is a byproduct of nuclear fission, which can cause burns AND? acute radiation sickness.

You may want to put down your fork for this.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning shoppers not to eat, sell, or serve the Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart after Customs and Border Protection officials detected possible contamination from Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.

"If you recently purchased one of the impacted lots of Great Value raw frozen shrimp from Walmart, throw it away," wrote FDA officials in a statement on Tuesday.

The CBP initially flagged the pr