Potentially radioactive frozen shrimp at Market 32 removed amid national recall

SCHENECTADY — Some bags of Market 32 shrimp are no longer for sale due to potential radioactive contamination, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

The shellfish is from he Washington-based importer Direct Source Seafood, which last week recalled more than 83,000 bags of frozen shrimp across the country — some of which may have been exposed to low levels of a cancer-linked radioactive isotope, cesium-137.

The recall comes amid a months-long FDA probe of shrimp products associated with Indonesian-based producer PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati. U.S. Customs & Border Protection detected the isotope at four ports in August and flagged it to the FDA, which had one sample of breaded shrimp from the company test positive for radioactivity…

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