@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 days agoFDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmartabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkFDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmartabcnews.go.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilink9•1 day agoThe weird thing is that they’re saying it was contaminated during prep? So the shrimp wasn’t exposed in the environment, it was during processing? Why does the processing plant have Cesium?
minus-square@HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-218 hours agoRead on the FDA page cesium-137 is used as a gamma ray source for sterilization of some foods from microorganisms like e-coli and that a label is required to say it has been irradiated https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know
The weird thing is that they’re saying it was contaminated during prep? So the shrimp wasn’t exposed in the environment, it was during processing?
Why does the processing plant have Cesium?
Read on the FDA page cesium-137 is used as a gamma ray source for sterilization of some foods from microorganisms like e-coli and that a label is required to say it has been irradiated https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know
Aha, that makes more sense then!
To kill people?