That was allegedly non-fat yogurt.
Posted on 09/06/2022 7:28:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The husband of a woman who died after eating a Pret a Manger wrap has told an inquest of the harrowing moment she collapsed unable to breathe. Celia Marsh, 42, died on December 27, 2017, after eating a super-veg rainbow flatbread.
The wrap had contained yogurt that was supposed to be vegan but was later found to have traces of dairy protein in it. The mother of five suffered from a severe dairy allergy and Avon Coroner’s Court was told she “religiously avoided” all such products following a near-fatal allergic reaction months earlier.
Mrs Marsh’s death followed that of 15-year-old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating a Pret baguette containing sesame seeds, bought at Heathrow.
Natasha had a sesame allergy. The tragedy sparked an overhaul of food labelling laws last year. Retailers must now display full ingredient and allergen labelling on food made on the premises as well as pre-packed items.
Mrs Marsh, a dental nurse from Melksham, Wilts, had been on a post-Christmas shopping trip with her husband and three of her daughters when she went into a Pret in Bath, Somerset. In his statement, Andy Marsh said his wife had begun to feel “a bit funny” after eating the wrap.
He said: “We started walking down the narrow side street... Celia had her asthma inhaler out.
“She used it a couple of times and I asked her if she was OK. She said she was struggling to breathe but it may be because of the cold air. We then moved to a small side street on the left and I pulled her to one side.”
He said Mrs Marsh had thought she was “being silly” because the sandwich had been labelled vegan.
He added: “She had her EpiPen in her hand and I said to her that if she thought there was any chance she was having a reaction that she should just do it and use the pen.
“She then said to me ‘You need to phone an ambulance’.”
Mr Marsh said he phoned 999 by which time his wife had collapsed and was being tended to by an off-duty GP.
A civil servant who came to her aid said a crowd had formed as she lay on the ground.
He described the scene as “disturbing” and said he saw Mr Marsh attempting to comfort his young daughter.
Mrs Marsh was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead at 4pm.
Pret was charged with food safety failures, but the prosecution was later dropped due to lack of evidence.
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The life you save may be your own.
Even packaged food in Britain is crap. Best to a avoid Britainstan.
Not having to walk in her shoes leaves me uneducated but if I had a deadly allergy like that I think I would have to prepare everything myself
Exactly. My DIL developed a dairy allergy after a trip to India. Not life threatening, but we seldom eat out together except at know local places
I was wondering if an epipen would help. The article mentions she had one and her husband told her to use it, but the article doesn’t say if she did.
“traces of dairy protein in [the wrap]” — Wow, it is astonishing how little of a substance can kill you if you have a bad allergy to it. You always hear about severe reactions to bee stings, peanuts, and shellfish, but not so often about dairy.
“...died after eating a Pret a Manger wrap...”
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I would never eat anything with that name.
(Vitameatavegamin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkzNclZR4s
You think it was caused by the trip to India?
They seem to say that the severity of allergies has risen over the last 50 years.
No kidding.
With such allergies, why trust ANY food made by anyone other than yourself/family member?
was thinking the same thought
IIRC there was a Seinfeld episode about this.
That is how I feel about it. If life is that tenuous for you, you damn well should take guardianship of it instead of expecting others to do it.
And if you have kids with those kinds of allergies, you should imprint that mindset on them at the youngest age rather than expecting society to take responsibility for it.
I read some years back about a woman who went ballistic on some other woman because her child was eating a peanut butter cracker while seated in a shopping cart. That really irritated me.
I made some harsh remarks on that which I regret, but my outlook has not changed a bit.
“...died after eating a Pret a Manger wrap...”
I had high school French. It means “Almost a manger.”
Some not-so-intelligent and not-necessarily-well-meaning illegal immigrants that can’t speak English are getting their food-handling cards here in the good old USA.
While he was living with us we always ate at home to make sure the food was banana free.
If we were going to be out I put up a picnic lunch.
He knew better then to eat anything someone else gave him.
He took very personal responsibility for his allergy and kept his allergy kit on him at all times.
That was allegedly non-fat yogurt.
This story sounds like what happened to friend of a friend... I didn’t know the fellow personally but he had gone to a party and asked several times if a particular dip had any salmon in it. He was told no and tried it... he died shortly thereafter.
I agree with Harmless.... “If you have a life threatening allergy, do not eat food made by other people.”
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