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Ingredients triggering a severe allergic reaction. soon after leaving the restaurant, and collapsed and died. the only warning about the allergen was in small print on the back of the menu. his family have been campaigning for 0wen s law, calling for changes to make allergen labelling clear in restaurants. the proposals include making it compulsory for men to list allergens. this afternoon, mp5 will debate it in parliament. six years after losing 0wen, the family hope their campaign will prevent further deaths. and we re joined now by 0wen s father paul and his sister emma. thank you for coming in to talk to us about this. i know it has been a long journey for both of you. tell us a little bit about 0wen long journey for both of you. tell us a little bit about owen and his health situation, what happened? film health situation, what happened? oh and was diagnosed with elders from ....
Natasha ednan laperouse died in 2016 after eating sesame in a baguette from pret a manger. natasha s law came into force in october 2021 following a campaign by herfamily. it requires full ingredient and allergen labelling on all food made on premises and pre packed for sale. what s going on? are you hungry? 0wen s family hope they can bring in further change. i m hoping it will make life a lot safer, but for those and there are a lot of those people that suffer from allergies, they may not necessarily be at risk of death, but can still be at risk of some suffering as a result of eating something that they shouldn t have done. and the worst case would be that another person dies of anaphylaxis, as 0wen did. and that is what we re trying to prevent. on monday we ll be talking about this in even more detail ....
An 18th birthday treat, killed him. we miss him terribly. it s a big hole in our lives and will always remain a big hole. you know, we re constantly reminded of him and constantly thinking how he would be. he would have been 2a by now. having told staff at byron burger in london about his dairy allergy, 0wen ordered what he understood to be plain grilled chicken. the waiter said, yes, that s ok, you can have that. of course it wasn t. it was marinated in buttermilk. and that was what caused owen to have what turned out to be an anaphylactic reaction. soon after leaving the restaurant, he collapsed and died near the london eye. the only warning about the allergen was in small print on the back of the menu. his family are campaigning for change to make restaurants safer for those with allergies. at the moment, when you eat out or order a takeaway, the business must provide you with allergen information. this could be on their menu or a prompt explaining how to obtain this information. ....