A coroner investigating 18 year old Owen Carey’s death called for a national register of “severe food anaphylactic reactions”, after the 18-year-old died after eating buttermilk in a grilled chicken burger. Assistant coroner Briony Ballard said that the allergy rate was, in part, due to a “failure to collect together any learning from these tragedies.”
Despite a general greater awareness of food allergies and a greater distribution of Epi-Pens, the rate of deaths from food allergies “remains static”. Ms Ballard said she was concerned there is “no national register recording the circumstances of these deaths, which could then be analysed and learnt from by allergy specialists.”
Anaphylaxis Campaign said it “whole heartedly supports” calls for a national register, adding: “We believe lessons can and must be learnt from tragic deaths related to anaphylaxis.” There are also talks of potential laws to improve allergy awareness and standards in restaurants.
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