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Some consumers experienced food poisoning and were hospitalized.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cerfia.fr/la-pink-sauce-qui-fait-fureur-et-qui-conduit-a-l-hopital/ | title=La " Pink Sauce ", la sauce qui fait fureur et… qui conduit à l'hôpital |website= Cerfia|first=Alexandre Verdu|last=Bissi|date=August 1, 2022|language=French |trans-title=The “Pink Sauce”, the sauce that is all the rage and… that leads to the hospital}}</ref> Others reported that the product smelled and appeared rotten.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Ashlie D. |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Will someone please just tell me what the heck is "Pink Sauce"? |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/07/22/tiktok-users-went-wild-over-a-mysterious-20-pink-sauce-then-questions-about-its-safety-emerged/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> One TikTok user [[Faked death|faked their death]] after consuming Pink Sauce as a "social experiment to see how quickly other people could spread misinformation".<ref name="notpoison">{{cite web |last=Jordan |first=Atiya |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Chef Pii Speaks Out Against 'Poisoning' People With Her Pink Sauce |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/pink-sauce-aint-going-nowhere-chef-pii-speaks-out-against-viral-backlash/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |publisher=Black Enterprise}}</ref>
On August 21, 2022, YouTuber [[MatPat]] made a video about the Pink Sauce on the "Food Theorists" YouTube channel, claiming the ingredients list was unrealistic and that the portions listed on the label were inaccurate. He recommended not consuming the sauce due to potential health risks, but to instead make your own based on what he had found.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0dZIp-K_K8 | title=Food Theory: The Pink Sauce Mystery SOLVED (TikTok) | website=YouTube | first=Matthew | last=Patrick | date= August 21, 2022}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2023}}
=== Response from Chef Pii ===
Chef Pii claimed that she had never weighed the product, so the discrepancy between the amount of sauce indicated on the label and the amount actually in the bottle was due to guesswork.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.health.com/news/pink-sauce-tiktok-food-safety-concerns |website=[[Health (magazine)|Health]]| title=Why TikTok's 'Pink Sauce' Has Some Food Safety Experts Very Worried |first=Korin|last=Miller|date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> When asked whether her product was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, she stated that her product is not a "medical product", causing further backlash from commenters who noted that the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for regulating food alongside drugs.<ref name="Harling">{{cite web | url=https://www.delish.com/food-news/a40745414/pink-sauce-drama-continues/ | title=The Pink Sauce Drama Continues: "They accused me of poisoning the nation." | website=[[Delish.com]] | first=Danielle | last=Harling | date=July 29, 2022}}</ref>
In October 2022, Chef Pii appeared on [[Karamo Brown]]'s talk show, ''[[Karamo (talk show)|Karamo]]'', to address the controversies surrounding her sauce. She appeared alongside fellow TikTok user Alle Brean, a critic of the sauce who had sent a sample to a [[Laboratory|lab]] for testing. While the mistake in labeling was acknowledged,{{By whom|date=July 2023}} Chef Pii did not address concerns over the shipment of perishable ingredients.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} Chef Pii criticized Brean for her commentary on the sauce, and accused Brean of "fabricating" claims about her product to "tear down [Chef Pii's] business and livelihood".<ref name="skeed">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/most-infuriating-thing-i-ve-ever-watched-interview-pink-sauce-creator-chef-pii-deleted-amassing-soaring-backlash-online |title="Most infuriating thing I've ever watched": Interview with Pink Sauce creator Chef Pii deleted after it receives severe backlash online |last=Marwah |first=Srishti |publisher=Sportskeeda |date=October 15, 2022|access-date=October 19, 2022}}</ref>{{better source needed|date= October 2023}} The results of Brean's commissioned lab test were never presented during the segment.<ref name="moister">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evjJ8x5ZfYU |title=Pink Sauce Lady Embarrassed Herself |date=October 13, 2022 |language=en |publisher=[[penguinz0]] |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=YouTube}}</ref> Chef Pii's response on the show was met with backlash and the episode was deleted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marwah |first=Srishti |title="Most infuriating thing I've ever watched": Interview with Pink Sauce creator Chef Pii deleted after it receives severe backlash online |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/most-infuriating-thing-i-ve-ever-watched-interview-pink-sauce-creator-chef-pii-deleted-amassing-soaring-backlash-online |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=October 15, 2022 |language=en-us }}</ref>{{better source needed|date= October 2023}} Chef Pii later apologized to Brean through a private message on TikTok.<ref>{{
=== FDA approval ===
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