With New Year’s Eve on the horizon, many plan a nice dinner that includes shrimp cocktail or shrimp as part of the meal. If you have frozen shrimp that you are planning to prepare, you may want to check them. There is a massive recall.
More than 80,000 bags of frozen shrimp are being recalled across the country because of a possible contamination issue involving cesium 137. That information comes from the US Food and Drug Administration.
The recall was issued on December 19th by Direct Source Seafood LLC. It affects frozen raw shrimp sold under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brand names. The shrimp were imported from Indonesia and sold in one-pound bags.
According to the FDA, about 83,800 bags are included in the recall. The concern is that the shrimp may have been prepared or stored in conditions that could allow contamination…