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AquaStar joins list of companies recalling frozen shrimp over possible radioactive contamination

September 3, 2025 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced additional company recalls of frozen shrimp products over possible contamination by a radioactive isotope.

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based seafood supplier AquaStar has joined the list of companies recalling frozen shrimp products exported by Indonesia-based PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati. According to a 14 August alert from the FDA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detected the radioisotope Caesium-137 (Cs-137) in shipping containers at multiple ports. Testing revealed contamination on a sample of breaded shrimp, leading to recalls of multiple shrimp products by Beaver Street Fisheries and Southwest Foods.

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US Health Secretary Kennedy says government has increased inspections over radioactive shrimp

August 28, 2025 — United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has weighed in on the discovery of a radioactive isotope in a shipment of foreign frozen shrimp, claiming that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded by conducting more inspections.

“We have now increased FDA inspections of shrimp to make sure that Americans are not buying and eating contaminated shrimp and putting our shrimpers out of business,” Kennedy said in a 26 August cabinet meeting.

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LOUISIANA: Louisiana official renews call for seafood inspection fees following shrimp recalls

August 26, 2025 — An official in the U.S. state of Louisiana has renewed his calls for there to be a national inspection fee on imported seafood in the wake of recalls of frozen shrimp contaminated by radiation.

On 14 August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection had detected a radioactive isotope called Caesium-137 (Cs-137) in shipping containers at the ports of Los Angeles, Houston, Savannah, and Miami.

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