Showing posts with label eating out with allergy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eating out with allergy. Show all posts

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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