The Good News About Those “Radioactive Shrimp”
Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration advised the public not to eat certain Great Value–brand raw frozen shrimp products for a rather unusual reason. Not because of contamination by bacteria like Salmonella, Listeria, or E. coli, which were responsible for more than a third of food recalls last year—but due to the shellfish containing Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. Yes, radioactive. U.S….