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[GMO]

Ok, no laughing matter but it appears we now have a rolling recall for prawns / shrimp depending on where you come from in the world.  (Shrimp are tiny things which look like woodlice with better PR in the UK but that's another topic.)

 

Initial reports... "it was transported alongside some radioactive caesium".  (Or rather "cesium" because this was American reports who don't comply with IUPAC.  But that's another topic again.)

 

Now we have a rolling recall with more implicated...

 

As caesium I believe is created through radioactive decay, is it not possible to have been contaminated sea water... In which case, could this recall spread... to become a chain reaction.... 

 

I'll get my coat. 

 

Seriously though.  Thoughts?

[qa_maddy]

I've been mildly obsessing over this recall for the last two weeks. 

 

I work in the seafood industry so I've been keeping a close eye in case it impacts anything we have in storage. 

My only working theories are there was something in the plant that shouldn't have been there, or there was some major storage issues on the way to the US ports.

 

Either way - I was included on a call with some regulators and they were referring to it as a "systemic contamination" issue. I'm really just waiting for them to recall everything out of Indonesia at this point, but getting any more details has been like pulling teeth.  

[GMO]

Oooh inside info..... Keep us posted...