Eating Out And Food Allergies

[gollob]

Should restaurants be responsible mainly Asian to customers allergies or should people with these allergies avoid these restaurants. If I had a nut allergy I would never go to a Indian/Chinese/ mexican eaterie. Then there is how many allergy lists there are and how many more will join in. So you could serve 100000 meals and one has a allergy. Is it fair that this could see you end up in prison.

[MallyJ]

Pret a manger was the last eaterie where someone died as a result of allergies. If I was seriously allergic to a nut or something and may die if I had one in my mouth I would not eat anywhere out side my home but would invite friends over....

[Old_Geezer]

Not really a hygiene issue though.

There ought to be a responsibility for best efforts to provide ingredient information generally (preferably nutrition info too), and an obligation to know and provide for all common allergies.

Aside from that it's a difficult area. Ultimately we are responsible for keeping ourselves safe, but we ought not be given false information to questions asked. Legally it should be so that if the place isn't sure it ought not guess.

[dannyk13]

Relevant law}-
http://allergytraining.food.gov.uk/english/rules-and-legislation/

[gness]

Restaurants are responsible for knowing exactly what they are serving to customers, Gollob.

Mally...the only close call I've had was not in a restaurant. I can't imagine life without eating out with family and friends....restaurants, meeting friends for coffee and cake, holidays, weddings etc..
I take care to inform and ask before I order and expect the place in which I am eating to take the same care with what they serve me.

[Zacs-Master]

Human errors can, and do, happen tho and if it meant a possibility of death, I think I wouldn’t take the risk.

[peter486]

Most of us enjoy going out to eat, but for people with food allergies and intolerances, it can be a stressful, scary and even dangerous time. A hidden ingredient—or even exposure to an ingredient on a preparation surface—can set off a severe reaction for some people.

[Gromit]

Nothing to do with Asian or hygiene.
There are 14 main common foodstuffs which cause allergies. Food serving premises by law have to be aware of the ingredients in the food they sell, and should display a poster encouraging customers with allegies to inform staff before ordering food.

https://www.drinkstuff.com/productimg/126512_large.jpg

The customer should declare allergies, and restaurants should be aware of their ingredients. Prosecutions have occurred when product labelling fails to declare the foodstuff contains an allergen such as nuts.

In the end, both the customer and the service provider should be aware and act sensibly.

[Gromit]

It is very likely that peanuts will cease to be available in the near future. We are already banned from eating them in aeroplanes, schools and some public places. Restaurants and food manufacturers facing big fines will stop using the ingredient and the peanut will disappear.
Which will in fact make the situation worse. It is not being exposed to peanuts which greatly increases a shock reaction to them when contact is made.

[woofgang]

can you name a public place that bans the eating of ONLY peanuts? The Five Guys restaurant chain make a selling point of offering free peanuts to their customers.