A 12-year-old woman died after consuming a milkshake made in an unwashed blender at a restaurant in south-east London.
Mia St Hilaire had a tree nut allergy and had a extreme response after her order was believed to include traces of hazelnuts and almonds from a earlier milkshake made in the identical machine on the Pop Inn Cafe on Southwark Park Street.
She was taken to hospital the place she died in August 2023.
The cafe has been fined £18,000 and its proprietor given 100 hours of neighborhood service after admitting six felony fees associated to the Meals Security Act.
Proof offered by Southwark Council’s meals security workforce included CCTV proof displaying the cafe’s operator, Baris Yucel, had not cleaned the blender earlier than making Mia’s drink and there have been substances left behind from the preparation of a earlier milkshake.
Southwark Council argued that this triggered her to endure a extreme allergic response and that Mia’s demise may have been prevented.
Mia’s dad and mom, Adrian and Chanel St Hilaire, stated they “consider Mia each day” and “figuring out her demise may doubtlessly have been prevented so merely solely provides to how heartbroken we’re as a household”.
An inquest into Mia’s demise will happen at a future date.
