NEW YORK (VINnews) — A pasta-station sign in a Columbia University dining hall on Wednesday labeled one of its sauces “October 7th Blush Sauce,” the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

The printed board, marked “Today’s Special” and carrying the Columbia Dining logo, listed the item under sauces beside marinara, turkey bolognese and garlic oil. The blush sauce carried dietary codes for gluten-free, dairy and vegetarian. Other items on the board included regular pasta, whole wheat penne, spinach and sundried tomatoes, and garlic parmesan rolls.

Simone Saidmehr, New York correspondent for Haaretz, posted a photograph of the sign on X on Wednesday afternoon. The post drew more than 1,500 likes within hours.

Blush sauce, a creamy tomato pasta sauce, is a regular offering in Columbia dining halls. The university’s online menu for John Jay Dining Hall on Wednesday evening listed the same station’s sauces as marinara, blush sauce and garlic oil, without a date attached to the blush sauce.

One person replying on social media wrote that the wording appeared to be a copy-and-paste error by whoever printed the menu and that the sign had been corrected. Columbia Dining had not issued a public statement as of Wednesday evening, and the claim of a printing error could not be independently confirmed.

The listing landed on a campus that has been a focus of protests, disciplinary cases and federal scrutiny since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, in which Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people in Israel, most of them civilians, and took about 250 hostages. Jewish students and outside groups have repeatedly accused the university of failing to protect them from antisemitic harassment during subsequent demonstrations. Columbia has said it is committed to combating antisemitism while protecting free expression.

Wednesday’s menu photograph renewed that argument online, with critics calling the date on a routine sauce insensitive and others saying the label simply reflected the calendar date.