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What can restaurants do to help customers with allergies? - BBC
For people with food allergies, dining out can be stressful and in some cases, life-threatening or fatal.
This week the grieving family of Owen Carey, who died from anaphylactic shock after unwittingly eating Byron Burger's buttermilk marinated chicken, demanded a change in the law to compel eateries to display full and clear allergen information on menus.
Under current laws for non pre-packed food, restaurants and other eateries must tell customers if any of their dishes contain the 14 most common allergens - either via a menu, chalkboard, information pack or verbally through staff members.
But critics argue the rules leave too much room for error and that the food industry should be doing more to keep customers with allergies safe.
For people with food allergies, dining out can be stressful and in some cases, life-threatening or fatal.
This week the grieving family of Owen Carey, who died from anaphylactic shock after unwittingly eating Byron Burger's buttermilk marinated chicken, demanded a change in the law to compel eateries to display full and clear allergen information on menus.
Under current laws for non pre-packed food, restaurants and other eateries must tell customers if any of their dishes contain the 14 most common allergens - either via a menu, chalkboard, information pack or verbally through staff members.
But critics argue the rules leave too much room for error and that the food industry should be doing more to keep customers with allergies safe.