The source of Indonesia's "nuclearly contaminated white shrimp" is suspected to point towards a metal smelting plant.

According to data from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), PT Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS Foods) of Indonesia shipped approximately 12 million pounds (about 5.4 million tons) of frozen white shrimp to ports including Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, and Savannah between July and August. This volume underscores BMS's significant position in the U.S. white shrimp supply chain. On August 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Import Alert 99-51, marking the first time the agency has completely blocked all white shrimp products from a company due to radioactive contamination. Earlier in August, CBP had detected the radioactive isotope cesium-137 (Cs-137) in containers at four ports, and the FDA subsequently confirmed the contamination in frozen shrimp samples. In the same month, major retailers such as Walmart and Kroger urgently removed the related products from their shelves. Although the FDA emphasized that the cesium-137-contaminated shrimp had not entered the ...