A woman with an acute dairy allergy who died shortly after eating a Pret a Manger vegan wrap suffered a fatal anaphylactic shock due to contaminants in a dressing in the sandwich, a coroner has found.
Celia Marsh, 42, a dental nurse from Melksham, Wiltshire, died on December 27, 2017 after eating a super-veg rainbow flatbread from the chain's store in Bath. The coconut yoghurt used as dressing from Australian brand CoYo, which was licensed for manufacture in the UK to British firm Planet Coconut, is thought to have had traces of milk in it.
An inquest at Avon Coroner's Court in Bristol was told the mum-of-five "religiously avoided" dairy products following a near-fatal allergic reaction a few months earlier after which she needed 15 shots of adrenaline.
