Wrong soup Mix!

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I was cooking our lunch which is a sour soup called "sinigang" here in the Philippines. This soup was originally made by stewing tamarind and mashing them so that you can get the sour flavor. That was before, now we use ready made soup bases for this soup. Now, I am allergic to shrimp and shellfish and there is only one brand of sinigang mix that has no shrimp in its ingredients. The only problem is their soup bases all look the same and my brother bought a few months ago "Palabok" (shrimp based seasoning for noodles). Now all of my soup and stew bases are of the same size and loo, you just have to read what it is so that you don't use the wrong one. The reason why I cooked soup was because of my colds. My mom and I were both not feeling well and this soup is like comfort food for those who have colds. I boiled the beef, added the veggies, then added the mix. I used a spoon to measure the mix and I wondered why it turned orange. I looked at the package and it was the palabok mix. My mom was able to eat my dish, I was able to remove most of the mix on top, but I am now in agony because of my allergy. Has this ever happened to you? I know, I should have double checked the label of the soup base but they all look the same.