An initial investigation found that the victim had ordered ice cream, assuming it was pareve (not dairy or meaty) as the restaurant was kosher and could not serve dairy with meat.
The chef, 19, had earlier noticed that they were out of ice cream and ordered a co-worker to run to the store and purchase some. However, the employee allegedly bought dairy ice cream by mistake.
The victim did not have her epinephrine pen on her at the time of the allergic reaction.
Some mashgiach better get fired over this.
ReplyDeletevery sad. a boy in a school in england died when anothe threw some cheese at him, from anaphalytic attack.
ReplyDeleteI was sitting in a lecture a few years a go , where a doctor was speaking about peanut allergy, and he had run a clinicla trial on Israelis (where the bamba peanut snack is given to babies) and British Jews (closest genetically to Israelis).
Peanut allergy is much lower in Israel, he suggested, because of early exposure to bamba snack.
Imprisoned
ReplyDeleteIt’s very likely that here was no Mashgiach on the premises, at the time, nor was he expected to be there.
ReplyDeleteThere many Kashrus agencies that don’t require a "Mashgiach Temidi" to be present on the premises the entire time that the establishment is open. If that was the case, the Mashgiach might not have been at fault, for not catching something that he didn’t reasonably have the ability to prevent.
We can blame the system; one that allows Kosher certification to be given to people of dubious levels of observance, relying on a Mashgiach to pop in here and there, and praying that there are no snafus.
What protocols were put in place by the supervising agency, to prevent products to be used and served, without having been seen and approved by the Mashgiach?
How many Kashrus violations did this establishment have, in the past, or was this their first one? If in the past, this establishment had Kashrus violations, how were they dealt with?
As my husband always says, you have to trust the owner (in addition to complying with Halacha, of course)!
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