Pret A Manger pleads not guilty over alleged food safety offence: report
In 2017, a student customer had a severe allergic reaction to sesame in Pret’s curried chickpea and mango sandwich.
Pret A Manger recently pleaded not guilty over a charge of food safety offence under section 14 of the Food Safety Act 1990, or selling food not of the nature or substance or quality demanded.
In 2017, a student named Isobel Colnaghi had a severe allergic reaction to sesame in Pret’s curried chickpea and mango sandwich, according to a report from Metro.
“She checked the shelf ingredients and asked a member of staff. She subsequently ate that sandwich and suffered a severe reaction,” the report quoted the student’s lawyer as saying.
The case is being tried at Bristol Crown Court presided by Judge Julian Lambert.
Last month, the sandwich chain was also reported to face trial over the death of an adult woman allegedly due to the same severe allergic reaction to traces of milk protein found in the dairy-free yoghurt in Pret’s super-veg rainbow flatbread.
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