Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Zaman restaurant in the UK caused death of a customer

 I was shocked to read  about this case  which happened in the UK . It was about a certain Indian dish that had peanut in it . The customer who knew about his allergy always asked  about the dish if it contained peanut or not . For long time the same dish had been prepared with almond power . But the company switched to peanut from almond  and they  not only failed to inform their customer but they lied him . They told him that it was peanut free !

Now the restaurant owner got six year  jail term ! A 38 year old man dies of  anaphylactic shock !

 Just because he ate peanuts !
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 Now , why  am I writing about all this ?

  This can happen here as well - I think !

 Some years ago when I collected information about gluten free restaurants in Qatar a fellow expat  told me  that some waiters think it is only a kind of snobbery  that she does not want to eat gluten .
 The  restaurants staff is simply not well trained . They want to sell as much as possible . They simply do not understand that gluten , peanuts etc . can be fatal  for those who have allergies . They are not evil just ignorant .

Eating out can be risky !

Allergies are more and more common in the world !

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