BN 10/06 21:32 *PRET A MANGER PROBING 2ND ALLERGIC REACTION DEATH: SUNDAY TIMES
Pret A Manger Probes Second Customer Death Due to Allergic Shock
2018-10-07 07:32:52.353 GMT
By Luca Casiraghi and Bill Haubert
(Bloomberg) -- Pret A Manger Ltd. is investigating the
death of a second customer suspected of having had an allergic
reaction to its food and has severed its relationship with the
supplier.
The London-based restaurant chain said in a statement on
Saturday that a supplier of yogurt that was supposed to be
dairy-free missold Pret a product that contained dairy protein.
“This is believed to have resulted in the tragic death of a
customer from an allergic reaction in December 2017,” the
company said.
The news of the investigation was first reported by the
Sunday Times.
Pret said it withdrew all the contaminated products,
supplied by U.K.-based brand COYO, as soon as it was made aware
of the incident by local authorities in Bath, in southwest
England. After testing, the Food Standard Agency recalled the
COYO product across the country, while Pret terminated its
relationship with the supplier and is taking legal action.
The restaurant chain is rushing to improve its food safety
standards after it emerged last month that a 15-year-old
customer died in 2016 after an allergic reaction to sesame. It
is introducing full-ingredient labeling to all products made in
its shops, the company said last week.
See also: Pret to Label Ingredients After Inquest on
Allergy-Related Death
Pret A Manger, which operates 530 stores worldwide and
generates 879 million-pound ($1.15 billion) of revenues, was
sold to private equity JAB Holding Co. from Bridgepoint Advisers
Ltd. in May
To contact the reporters on this story:
Luca Casiraghi in London at lcasiraghi@bloomberg.net;
Bill Haubert in New York at bhaubert@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Edith Moy at echan10@bloomberg.net
Brian Wingfield, Steve Geimann
2018-10-07 07:32:52.353 GMT
By Luca Casiraghi and Bill Haubert
(Bloomberg) -- Pret A Manger Ltd. is investigating the
death of a second customer suspected of having had an allergic
reaction to its food and has severed its relationship with the
supplier.
The London-based restaurant chain said in a statement on
Saturday that a supplier of yogurt that was supposed to be
dairy-free missold Pret a product that contained dairy protein.
“This is believed to have resulted in the tragic death of a
customer from an allergic reaction in December 2017,” the
company said.
The news of the investigation was first reported by the
Sunday Times.
Pret said it withdrew all the contaminated products,
supplied by U.K.-based brand COYO, as soon as it was made aware
of the incident by local authorities in Bath, in southwest
England. After testing, the Food Standard Agency recalled the
COYO product across the country, while Pret terminated its
relationship with the supplier and is taking legal action.
The restaurant chain is rushing to improve its food safety
standards after it emerged last month that a 15-year-old
customer died in 2016 after an allergic reaction to sesame. It
is introducing full-ingredient labeling to all products made in
its shops, the company said last week.
See also: Pret to Label Ingredients After Inquest on
Allergy-Related Death
Pret A Manger, which operates 530 stores worldwide and
generates 879 million-pound ($1.15 billion) of revenues, was
sold to private equity JAB Holding Co. from Bridgepoint Advisers
Ltd. in May
To contact the reporters on this story:
Luca Casiraghi in London at lcasiraghi@bloomberg.net;
Bill Haubert in New York at bhaubert@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story:
Edith Moy at echan10@bloomberg.net
Brian Wingfield, Steve Geimann