FDA Issues Walmart Shrimp Warning Over Radioactive Contamination

FDA Issues Walmart Shrimp Warning Over Radioactive Contamination
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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

The FDA's warning represents necessary caution to protect public health from potential radioactive exposure. Contamination levels were below intervention thresholds and no radioactive shrimp has entered U.S. commercial markets. The investigation is ongoing, and food regulation processes are working.

Establishment-critical narrative

Radioactive shrimp nearly made it to America's dinner table. Imported from Indonesia, these frozen shrimp were contaminated with Cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fallout. U.S. border agents just happened to catch it. What else is slipping through? Cheap food isn't worth the health risk. It's time to bring food production back home and protect American families.

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