A father whose teenage son died from an allergic reaction after eating at Byron Burgers has condemned the government for its failure to make restaurants include allergens on their menu.
Owen Carey, from East Sussex, died with his girlfriend by his side after eating dairy in a grilled chicken breast at Byron’s branch at the 02 Arena in Greenwich, London, in April 2017.
Owen had been celebrating his 18th birthday and made staff aware of his allergies, but was not told the chicken was marinated in buttermilk.
Forty-five minutes after ingesting the dish, the teenager collapsed and was pronounced dead at St Thomas’s Hospital later that afternoon.
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