Jacksonville-based Beaver Street Fisheries announced the recall of a “limited quantity” of bagged frozen shrimp on Friday.

ATLANTA — A recall of frozen bagged shrimp sold at Walmart stores in Georgia and other states was initiated Friday due to possible radioactive contamination with the product.

Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration stress that at this point no product has tested positive or alerted for the possible contaminant, Cesium-137, and no illnesses have been reported to date. But the FDA says it detected Cesium-137 in a single shipment that did not enter the U.S., though not at a level that would “pose acute hazard” to people.

“It appears to have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with Cs-137 and may pose a safety concern,” an FDA statement said.

The shrimp was exported by an Indonesian firm, PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS Foods).

A Jacksonville-based company that supplies Walmart for its Great Value brand, Beaver Street Fisheries, on Friday recalled a “limited quantity” of the bagged shrimp product as a precaution.

That recall is to include Great Value Frozen Raw Shrimp EZ-Peel & Deveined Tail-On 21-25 Per lb bags with the following lot codes (all have a “best by” date of 3/15/2027 and their UPC is 078742133898.)

8005540-18005538-18005539-1

They were sold in Walmart stores between July 28 and August 7.

“Consumers who have purchased the recalled frozen shrimp should not consume the product and should dispose of the product or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund,” the FDA says.

Walmart had earlier advised of a recall tied to the shrimp for stores in Georgia as well as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia. 

 A separate recall involves Southwind Foods and bagged frozen shrimp distributed to Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and Washington under the brand names Sand Bar/Arctic Shores/Best Yet/Great American/First Street.

The FDA says of Cesium-137:

Traces of Cs-137 are widespread and can be present in the environment at background levels, and at higher levels in water or foods grown, raised, or produced in areas with environmental contamination. The primary health effect of concern following longer term, repeated low dose exposure (e.g., through consumption of contaminated food or water over time) is an elevated risk of cancer, resulting from damage to DNA within living cells of the body.