Food recall

Country Favor Inc. recall: Best Taste Brand Salted Shrimp Paste Sauce

Country Favor Inc., of Maspeth, NY, recalled Best Taste Brand Salted Shrimp Paste Sauce. The FDA's reason: “Product contains undeclared FD&C Red #3.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 20, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 11, 2025. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed December 16, 2025

The recall

Company
Country Favor Inc. (Maspeth, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains undeclared FD&C Red #3”
Where it was sold
CT, GA, IL, IN KS, KY, LA, MA, MN, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, NY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
96921

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • H-0009-2025 Class III

    Best Taste Brand Salted Shrimp Paste Sauce; ING: Shrimp, sugar, salt; COUNTRY FAVOR, INC; PRODUCT OF VIETNAM; Net Weight: 12 oz (350 g)

    Codes: VJF0184

    Quantity: N/A

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of June 11, 2025.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.