The United States continues to recall imported shrimp from Indonesia due to the detection of radioactive substances. Penalties of up to 1 billion Vietnamese dong for the act of importing waste containing radioactive materials.

On December 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 83,800 packages of frozen shrimp on the market in several states on December 19. These products, imported from Indonesia, were found to potentially be exposed to the radioactive substance Cesium-137. This incident is the latest in a series of shipments from Indonesia that have been returned after warnings of contamination, following which Indonesian authorities identified at least 24 companies in and around the Modern Cikande industrial park – KIMC – as exposed to radiation. Earlier at the end of November, the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime and Fisheries announced a collaboration with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) to conduct inspection ...