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[–] 154 points 1 year ago* (14 children)

The FDA said it is working with distributors and retailers that received the shrimp from BMS Foods "to recommend that firms conduct a recall," according to the press release.

If the FDA is confident enough to warn us about it, why aren't they forcing a recall?

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  • [–] 95 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Has it occurred to you that some people may like eating radioactive shrimp? They should be free to do so!

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago

    Honestly, I'm upset at these Big Government Nanny State tactics, trying to scare me into not eating the radioactive shrimp which I've heard are actually healthier than regular shrimp.

    Can we get DOGE to investigate these guys? Who is bankrolling them to spread misinformation?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-advises-public-not-eat-sell-or-serve-certain-imported-frozen-shrimp-indonesian-firm

    Says the EPA limit is 1200Bq/kg, and the shrimp are at 68Bq/kg, so its nowhere near the limit. The way I see it I can eat 17.6kg or 38.8lbs of that shrimp before it hits that limit, and I know those limits are conservative for safety reasons, so I can exceed that without too much concern.

    Based on some other limits from the NRC and some very rough math I would be willing to eat up to 98000 pounds of that per year. I'll play it safe and take about 2000 pounds of free shrimp please.

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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    [–] 55 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Radioactive shrimp from Walmart" sounds like good sci-fi.

    Joking aside, Walmart is a prolific human rights abuser. People in not only USA, but Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and China have been reported to have intensive labor exploitation and abuse.

    Forced labor, wage theft, sexual harassment, and sweatshop conditions with extremely low pay and long hours are among reports. Also, forced prison labor in Southeast Asia linked to their suppliers, allegations involving Uyghur forced labor in China, ... just .. ugh.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes, only eat the shrimp loaded with agricultural runoff and microplastics

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    [–] 25 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    RFK Jr: no guys it’s cool, it’ll make you healthy. It’ll replace vaccines. It’s all natural.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Please God let them add radioactive shrimp to the next Fallout game.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago*

    Living in the USA in 2025 is like that movie Cabin in the Woods. Basically every conceivable way for the country to end is happening simultaneously, all at once, and even then nobody bet on the radioactive shrimp, not even the maintenance crew. Granted, the reason they didn't bet on the shrimp is because they all got furloughed by DOGE back in February.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Why couldn't they just put the lot codes in numerical order!?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    AS THE LEGENDS FORETOLD, THE AGE OF SHRIMP-MAN IS NIGH.

    WITH THE INTELLIGENCE AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF A MAN, AND THE COLOUR AND EXOSKELETON OF A SHRIMP, NO EVIL IN THIS WORLD IS KMGHTY ENOUGH TO STOP SHRIMP MAN.

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Hear that, MAGAs? Woke Walmart says you can eat the shrimp you just bought.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Fuck you, I want shrimp powers

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But it says "Great Value" on the package. Which is it?

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    This wasn't on my vegan bingo sheet.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Abundance of crime and slavery in the shrimp food chain still OK, apparently. (It's really depressing :/)

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it. Oh and cesium shrimp. But really, that's basically it.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Has anyone an idea where this contamination comes from? With a half-life of Cs-137 of 30 years, the pretty mild dosage and no knowledge of how long those shrimp were on ice, there are a lot of possible sources without info about the amount of Barium contained or am i wrong?

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Is this contamination or is Cs-137 used in shrimp farming in some other context? Other than this final flavor preparation, I mean.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I guess they found out when they saw a couple glow in the shark :3

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    The FDA put out a warning. Well clearly there's another agency that should abolished and be left up to the states.

    /s.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago*

    The seafood is radioactive?

    @lemmy.zip, if you have to proxy image links, could you please not break them?

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  • The radioactivity is probably the healthiest ingredient in any “fresh” seafood you can buy at Walmart

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    How did you get your superpowers?

    I bought shrimp at Walmart.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Future canoe will take his chances. Is it green like the chicken?

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    [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Here I was thinking Fission Blast Shrimp was just the branding!

    I thought I was just enjoying it, but now the warm sensation in my stomach makes more sense. That and the sudden tail I started growing...

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