New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The Christmas cheer for seafood lovers in the US could be dampened this year, with over 80,000 bags of shrimp being recalled over radioactivity concerns.

In a notice issued on December 19, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shared an update from Direct Source Seafood LLC, announcing the recall of bags of raw, frozen shrimp imported by the company from Indonesia.

The recall, which was announced last week on Friday, could affect Christmas menus in as many 17 states across the US.

Direct Source Seafood LLC said that it believed that shrimps had been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions, and "may have" been contaminated with cesium-137.

A man-made radioisotope of cesium, traces of Cs-137 can be p...