Radioactive Shrimp Should Not Be on the Menu

Oct 23, 2025| Media, Press Releases

LAFAYETTE, LA - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) delivered a letter to President Trump requesting a pause on foreign shrimp imports due to reports of toxic, radioactive product entering the United States.

Congressman Higgins wrote, "Radioactive and contaminated shrimp in our country's grocery stores is a significant public health threat. I have long maintained that imported seafood can be dangerous, and that stronger preventive measures are necessary to ensure tainted products do not reach American consumers."

"I recommend that you use executive authority to ensure the integrity of our food supply by implementing a pause on shrimp imports until the FDA can guarantee that contaminated and radioactive products are not entering the country. Every shipment of seafood reaching our shores should meet the highest American standards of safety," continued Congressman Higgins.

Read the full letter here.