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Southwind Foods has issued a voluntary recall of frozen shrimp products due to potential radioactive contamination, according to the company and an alert issued Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It follows an earlier warning on Tuesday about Cesium-137 (Cs-137) detection in five different shrimp products processed by an Indonesia-based supplier called BMS Foods. So, have you bought frozen shrimp lately? Heres everything you need to know about the recalls. Which brands have been impacted by the recall? The initial recall was for Great Value frozen shrimp sold at Walmart stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. There were three lots of Great Value brand frozen raw shrimp recalled: Lot code: 8005540-1, Best by March 15, 2027 Lot code: 8005538-1, Best by March 15, 2027 Lot code: 8005539-1, Best by March 15, 2027 They were sold between July 17 and August 8, 2025. The FDA recommends throwing away any shrimp youve bought that matches this criteria. The more recent recall is for five brands from California-based Southwind Foods: Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American, and First Street. These products were distributed between July 17 and August 8, 2025, to a range of retailers, distributors, and wholesalers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington State. The recall includes 13 lots. You can find full lot numbers and product images on the Southwind Foods website. Again, these items are at risk of containing Cs-137. No illness have been reported so far due to the product. The FDA says it will continue working with industry to trace all implicated products to gather as much information about them as possible and take action as appropriate.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration and she credited President Trump with the idea.Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up a roller brush to help out with the painting.She touted the height of the wall as well as the depth as ways to deter people seeking to go over or under the walls. And then Noem said Homeland Security was going to be trying black paint to make the metal hotter.“That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here when something is painted black it gets even warmer and it will make it even harder for people to climb. So we are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally,” Noem said.U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks, who attended the event with Noem, said the paint would also help deter rust.During Trump’s first term, building the wall was a central focus of his hardline immigration policy. During his second term, his mass deportation agenda with arrests in the interior of the country has been the main focus, but Homeland Security will be getting about $46 billion to complete the wall as part of new funding passed by Congress this summer.Noem said they have been building about a half mile of barrier every day.“The border wall will look very different based on the topography and the geography of where it is built,” she said.She said that in addition to barriers like the one she visited Tuesday, the department is also working on “water-borne infrastructure.” Long sections of the roughly 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico sit along the Rio Grande River in Texas.The Trump administration is pushing forward with completing the wall at the same time that the number of people crossing the border illegally has plummeted. Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
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Lowe’s is buying Foundation Building Materials, a distributor of drywall, insulation and other products, for approximately $8.8 billion as the home improvement retailer intensifies its focus on professional builders.FBM also provides metal framing, ceiling systems, commercial doors and hardware and other products that serve large residential and commercial professionals in both new construction and repair and remodel applications. It has more than 370 locations in the United States and Canada serving 40,000 professional customers.The acquisition is part of Lowe’s move to provide more options for professional builders. The Mooresville, North Carolina-based company recently closed on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Artisan Design Group, a provider of design, distribution and installation services for interior surface finishes, including flooring, cabinets and countertops, to home builders and property managers.Rival Home Depot has been making similar moves. In June the home improvement retailer announced that it was buying specialty building products distributor GMS for $4.3 billion.GMS Inc. of Tucker, Georgia, is a distributor of specialty building products like drywall, steel framing and other supplies used in both residential and commercial projects.Home Depot’s acquisition of GMS came after it purchased SRS Distribution, a materials provider for professionals, last year for more than $18 billion including debt. SRS provides materials for professionals like roofers, landscapers and pool contractors.Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said that the professional builder market provides a growth opportunity to both Home Depot and Lowe’s as there’s a lot of spending in the segment.“Pro is basically the new battleground for home improvement,” he said. “Naturally, with two big giants in the arena, there are likely to be some bruising battles ahead. However, at this stage, we believe the market is big enough and fragmented enough to allow both players to extract some wins.”Lowe’s deal for FBM is expected to close in the fourth quarter.Aside from the acquisition, Lowe’s reported its fiscal second-quarter financial results on Wednesday. The company posted an adjusted profit of $4.33 per share, which topped the $4.23 per share that analysts polled by Zacks Investment Research expected.Revenue totaled $23.96 billion in the period, which met Wall Street’s expectations.Lowe’s raised its full-year sales outlook to a range of $84.5 billion to $85.5 billion. It previous predicted sales would be between $83.5 billion and $84.5 billion for the year.The company’s stock rose more than 3% before the market open. Michelle Chapman, AP Business Writer
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