The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·H-0583-2025·Announced 2025-09-24

Cocktail shrimp recalled over possible contamination with cesium-137

AquaStar Cocktail Shrimp with cocktail sauce, 6 oz packages sold at Walmart, is recalled because the product may be contaminated with Cesium-137. 22,500 cases are affected.

What this means for you

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: Rubric level 3 covers risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported; the notice describes possible radioactive contamination and reports no illnesses.

Plain-English summary

AquaStar Cocktail Shrimp, 4 oz shrimp with 2 oz cocktail sauce in 6 oz packages, six packages per case, UPC 19434612191, distributed by Aqua Star of Seattle, Washington and marked Farm Raised Product of Indonesia, is being recalled. Master cases carry lot code 10662 5104 with a best-if-used-by date given in the recall notice. The recall covers 22,500 cases; the product was sold at Walmart.

The recall was issued because the product may be contaminated with Cesium-137 (Cs-137). The FDA classified the action as Class II.

Anyone holding product matching these codes should not eat it and can return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
AquaStar Cocktail Shrimp, 4oz. shrimp/2oz. cocktail sauce. Each case consists of 6x6 oz packages, UPC 19434612191. Distributed by Aqua Star, Seattle, WA. Farm Raised Product of Indonesia. Master cases distributed to distributors in frozen condition. AquaStar Cocktail Shrimp, 4oz
Manufacturer
Admiralty Island Fisheries Inc dba AquaStar (USA) Corp.
Category
Food — Seafood
Hazard
  • radioactive-contamination
  • cesium-137
  • imported-seafood
  • class-ii

Distribution

Distributed in 30 states:

  • AK
  • AL
  • AR
  • CO
  • GA
  • IA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MI
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • MT
  • ND
  • NE
  • OH
  • OK
  • OR
  • SC
  • SD
  • TN
  • TX
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI
  • WV

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