New laws will be introduced to protect allergy sufferers following teenager’s death

Natasha Ednan-Laperouse. Food allergy sufferers are due to be protected under a new law introduced. Photo: Family Handout/PA Wire

A new bill designed to protect allergy sufferers is to be introduced, following the death of a teenager in 2016.

Known as “Natasha’s Law”, the bill will require all food manufacturers to clearly label every single ingredient of a product on the packaging.

Michael Gove, along with the Department of Environment, Food, and rural Affairs (Defra) has introduced the bill following a campaign by the parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died after suffering a severe reaction on a flight between London and Nice in 2016.

Sandwich did not have all the ingredients on the label

She died from anaphylaxis, after collapsing on the flight.

Natasha, 15, had unknowingly eaten sesame, which she was allergic to, in an artichoke, olive and tapenade sandwich from Pret a Manger at Heathrow Airport.

She didn’t know she couldn’t eat the sandwich as the packaging didn’t contain specific allergen advice for people unable to eat sesame.