A dancer in her twenties tragically died from a fatal allergic reaction to peanuts after eating cookies that had been incorrectly labeled. 25-year-old Órla Baxendale, a professional dancer from East Lancashire, UK, moved to New York, USA, to train as a scholarship student at the Ailey School in 2018.
Her dancer dreams were cut short on January 11, after she went into anaphylactic shock from a severe allergic reaction to a Vanilla Florentine cookie, which she had bought from the popular supermarket Stew Leonard’s.
Attorney Marijo Adimey, representing Órla’s family, said in a statement on Wednesday (January 24): “Órla’s passing stemmed from an unfortunate incident involving the consumption of a cookie manufactured by Cookies United and sold by Stew Leonard’s, which contained undisclosed peanuts.”
