“there are 444 grams of pink sauce in each bottle … if you do the math you will see that we clearly accidentally made a typo,” shaw said. “i have a graphic designer and the graphic designer made a typo and accidentally put grams in the servings instead of 30 servings.”
fda woes
in the livestream, shaw said the pink sauce is made in an fda-regulated facility, however, questions about the specifics of the production facility went unanswered.
an undated video surfaced this week of shaw responding to questions about fda approval, which appears to highlight a misunderstanding about the needed permits.
“what do you mean fda approved?” shaw asked in the
screen capture of the livestream. “the pink sauce is not a medical product. the pink sauce don’t contribute to your health.”
shortly after this video was released, and demonstrating the iron clad grip this story has on the internet’s attention, “f in fda” began trending on twitter. the f, of course, referring to the association’s mandate to regulate
food as well as health products.
since it is unclear when this video was taken, it’s difficult to say if regulations and food permits were sorted before the product was sold to consumers.
according to florida’s
cottage food regulations, home chefs can produce and sell a specified set of products to the consumer without obtaining a food permit as long as their gross sales stay under us$250,000. barbecue sauces, ketchups, mustard, flavoured oils and garlic dips, however, fall on the”prohibited” list, meaning fda approval is necessary.
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