The family of a British teenager who died from an allergic reaction to a sandwich called Friday for a change in the law on food labelling, as an inquest into her death ended.
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, who suffered from numerous allergies, went into cardiac arrest on a 2016 flight from London to Nice after eating a baguette containing sesame seeds from sandwich chain Pret A Manger.
There was no allergen information on the packaging or the store's food display cabinet, but this is not required by British law.
A coroner concluded the teen had been "reassured by that" and said he would advise the government on whether food labelling regulations should be tightened.
Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, the victim's father, said the inquest "should serve as a watershed moment to make meaningful change to save lives".
"If Pret A Manger were following the law, then the law was playing Russian Roulette with our daughter's life," he said in a family statement.
"It's clear that the food labelling laws as they stand today are not fit for purpose and it is now time to change the law."
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