After issuing a recall of an instant coffee brand, the FDA has sent out a warning advising the public to abstain from consuming certain raw frozen shrimp products. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning for 13 states concerning a specific frozen shrimp product imported from a certain company. Civilians should not eat, sell, or serve this product due to the possible presence of Cesium-137 (Cs-137). The radioactive contamination was first detected in a single shipment of the imported product by Customs & Border Protection (CBP). Why Is It Dangerous?The detected level of Cs-137 in the tested shrimp shipment—approximately 68 becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg)—remains well under the FDA's intervention threshold of 1,200 Bq/kg. However, federal agencies stress that even lo

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