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Pret inquest: Labelling ‘inadequate’ in baguette death Pret inquest: Allergy labelling ‘inadequate’ in baguette death
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Pret a Manger’s allergy labelling was inadequate, says coroner in case of girl who died after eating a baguette from the food chain. Pret a Manger’s allergy labelling was inadequate, said the coroner in the case of girl who died after eating a baguette from the food chain.
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, went into cardiac arrest on a flight after buying the sandwich at Heathrow Airport in 2016. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, went into cardiac arrest on a flight after buying a sandwich at Heathrow Airport in 2016.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. She was "reassured" by the lack of specific allergen information on the packaging of the sandwich she had a fatal reaction to, the coroner found.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. Pret a Manger said it was "deeply saddened" by the death.
Natasha, from Fulham, west London, ate an artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette bought from a Pret shop at about 07:00 BST in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, the West London Coroner's Court inquest heard.
She began to feel ill about 20 minutes into the British Airways flight, and suffered a cardiac arrest and died later the same day.
The inquest heard the baguette contained sesame - which Natasha was allergic to - but the ingredient was not listed on the packaging.
Coroner Dr Sean Cummings said he would be reporting to Environment Secretary Michael Gove over whether large businesses should be able to benefit from regulations that allow reduced food labelling for products made in shops.
Mr Cummings said the report would also consider Pret's practices of collecting information on allergic reactions and responding to serious concerns.
"I was left with the impression that Pret had not addressed the fact that monitoring food allergy in a business selling more than 200 million items year was something to be taken very seriously indeed," Dr Cummings said.
The inquest heard Pret did not label "artisan" baguettes as containing sesame seeds despite six allergic reaction cases in the year before Natasha died.