Company initiates recall of frozen shrimp sold in Walmarts in Georgia, other states for possible radioactive contamination

ATLANTA — A recall of frozen bagged shrimp sold at Walmart stores in Georgia and other states was initiated Friday due to possible radioactive contamination with the product.

Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration stress that at this point no product has tested positive or alerted for the possible contaminant, Cesium-137, and no illnesses have been reported to date. But the FDA says it detected Cesium-137 in a single shipment that did not enter the U.S., though not at a level that would "pose acute hazard" to people.

"It 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," an FDA statement said.

The shrimp was exported by an Indonesian firm, PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS