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CTSI calls for stronger allergen rules

Published on: 20 December 2022
Published by LNB News

LNB News 20/12/2022

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Issue Date: 20 December 2022

Published Date: 20 December 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has called for stronger allergen rules to provide for a more robust system to record incidences of anaphylaxis and prevent the mislabelling of food containing allergens following the death of Celia Marsh. Marsh died in 2017 after eating a supposedly vegan Pret-a-Manger sandwich, which actually contained milk protein. The Coroner's report into Marsh's death recommended that a system was created to record cases of anaphylaxis presenting in hospitals to provide an early warning of the risk posed to allergic individual by products with undeclared allergen content.

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