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This is perhaps the most 2025 hed I've seen in 2025. (and a bit misleading, given that the data show that "possibility" to be 0%)
That said, where on the packaging line was there just some Cs-137 hanging out? That's not the sort of thing you get at Cash-'n'-Carry. Grad student storing it there ahead of a trip to a lake?
To be honest; I would imagine that the Cs-137 is a product of illegal fishing. Fishermen are told not to fish in contaminated areas; but may do so anyways out of desperation for a catch they can sell.
I remember nuclear disasters near SE Asia and Japan over the last decade. It is also true that Shrimp are also, not so unimportantly, Bottom-Feeders. As Bottom of the Ocean feeders. They literally hoover up the soil at the bottom of the ocean and eat the microbiological life living there. With recent nuclear disasters; I think it's possible some orphan Cesium got down there.
Naturally this is just my theory; based on my limited college educated knowledge of biology and the food web.
That's not really an explanation of how the containers had caesium but no shrimp tested positive, though.
I do not expect the news or the government to tell the truth about the findings in general.
Nuclear stuff is still, to this date in the USA, treated as "Sensitive Information" which may be "Classified" under a number of laws which require gagging/nondisclosure/censorship under the guise of "protecting our National Security."
My partner is a former employee in that sector. The amount of information that could be ordered to be protected in this way is likely more than you'd expect.
Furthermore the article clearly states:
Testing on frozen shrimp from the distributor, Indonesia's BMS Foods, also tested positive, the FDA said.
The shrimp was in fact contaminated. But as a precaution; with anything Radioactive, it is always presumed that anything that is in contact with a contaminated object, is also in and of itself inherently contaminated.
I recommend you watch some Kyle Hill on Youtube;^1^ he explains clearly how these things work. Radioactive contamination is no joke. It is handled with this level of caution for a reason. It kills people quickly if left unaddressed.
^1^ - I wish I could explain which "Half-Life Histories" episodes are most relevant; but I cannot. They all are; they all describe nuclear disasters and they all contain good explanations about what happened and how they're contaminating things and such. It is much to watch, but very informative.
Oooh the containers were used to transport waste and then sold? My guess anyways