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The FDA warns people not to eat radioactive shrimp, and everyone makes jokes about it

    If you like shrimp, you might want to sit for what I'm going to tell you.

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    ABC News reports that the FDA warns the general American public not to eat, sell or serve certain types of great value raw frozen shrimps that are sold at Walmart – because it can be radioactive. Yes, really.

    Cooked shrimp piled on a white plate

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    How did we get here? Well, according to an FDA press release, the shrimp in question seems to be “prepared, packaged or kept under insane circumstances, which may be infected with CS-157 and can be a safety problem.” CS-137, if you are not a Dang chemist, is a radioactive isotope shortly before Cesium-137.

    A plate of uncooked shrimp that are stacked together with a sprig of parsley for garnish

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    If you want to know if your shrimp are safe, you can go here to get all the details. But let's face it – you are here for the jokes that people make online, and there are more than there are shrimp in the sea:

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    Stay safe there, shellfish FENDS …

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