Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·H-0116-2026·Announced 2025-10-29

Frozen shrimp skewers recalled in expanded cesium 137 contamination action

Southwind Foods is recalling Great American branded frozen raw shrimp skewers made under insanitary conditions in which the product may have been contaminated with Cesium-137.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: possible radiological contamination is a hazard that has not yet produced any reported illness.

Plain-English summary

Great American branded frozen raw shrimp skewers, 1 lb bags, UPCs 829944002716 and 829944002372, are being recalled because the product was manufactured under insanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with Cesium-137 (Cs-137). The record states this is an expansion of the original recall.

The affected product carries best-by dates of 12 May 2027, 11 May 2027 and 21 May 2027. The enforcement record lists 93,122 cases, totaling 1,275,765 lbs, as the total across the action, distributed to 26 domestic retail consignees across states including Alabama, Arizona and California. The FDA has classified the recall as Class II.

The enforcement record describes potential contamination and reports no illnesses.

Anyone holding product matching a listed best-by date should not eat it and should follow the retailer's instructions.

The recalled product

Product: Great American branded Frozen raw shrimp skewer; 1lb bag UPC: 829944002716; 829944002372
Manufacturer: Southwind Foods LLC dba Great American Seafood Imports Co.
Category: Food — Seafood
Hazard: radiological-contamination
cesium-137
insanitary-conditions
recall-expansion

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (3)

Best By Date: 5/12/2027
5/11/2027
5/21/2027

Distribution

Distributed in 34 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Southwind Foods LLC dba Great American Seafood Imports Co. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 5 products in this recall →

Same manufacturer · Southwind Foods LLC dba Great American Seafood Imports Co.

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