October 21, 2025 — Indonesian officials said they have reached a deal with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that will allow containers of shrimp from the country to enter the U.S. following a prolonged stretch of recalls.
Indonesian shrimp from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati began being recalled in August after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detected traces of Cesium-137 (Cs-137), a radioactive material, in a container containing shrimp from the company. That recall expanded later that same month, affecting major U.S. retailers like Walmart and Kroger and leading to an import alert for frozen breaded shrimp from Indonesia.