Overview

• The FDA said import certification from certain Indonesian regions begins on Oct. 31, requiring accredited third-party verification for red-listed firms and government-designated certificates for yellow-listed shipments.
• Shipments from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati and PT Natural Java Spice remain blocked until corrective actions are verified, and the FDA says no contaminated products entered U.S. commerce.
• Cesium-137 was detected in a frozen shrimp consignment in August and later in a cloves shipment, leading to recalls, import alerts and expanded screening.
• Indonesia has identified about 10 contaminated points in the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate, recorded radiation up to roughly 1,000 microsieverts per hour, and treated nine exposed people after screening more than 1,500.
• The shrimp sector reports a 30% to 35% drop in processing absorption with prices falling in several regions, while Indonesia updates the IAEA and continues decontamination and source-tracing.