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Alison Pickering had ordered the same dish from the same restaurant before, but the recipe had changed. (Alison Pickering/Facebook)
Her family told the outlet she knew something was wrong shortly after the meal began.
Alison’s dad Grover Pickering explained that the 23-year-old ‘took a few bites’ and then ‘realised something was wrong’.
He said: “She did her Epipen. The ambulance came. She actually walked to the ambulance talking to them, but somewhere along the way things went downhill.”
Alison fell unconscious and did not wake up again, with her father saying what happened was ‘tragic and it doesn’t need to happen to anyone else’.
Her family have since started campaigning for more awareness around food allergies, with Alison’s mother Joy saying: “We would love to see more done to make wait staff and patrons aware.”
Alison’s parents Grover and Joy Pickering want there to be more awareness about ingredients on menus. (CBS News)
They would like to have clearer communication between the kitchen and the serving staff over changes to recipes, especially where ingredients that people are often allergic to are concerned.
The Pickerings said they would like to help restaurants put in place ‘better communication to their customers as far as ingredients’ so those picking a dish know exactly what is going into it.
“I know we’re going to save lives by doing this,” Joy Pickering said of the changes they wanted to bring in.
Alison is sadly of of many people who have died from allergic reactions after eating meals which they did not know contained something they were not supposed to eat.
Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan died after eating at Disney World Orlando, after being reassured her dish was ‘unequivocally’ safe to eat, and using her Epipen.
23-year-old James Atkinson had also been diagnosed with a peanut allergy, and he died in 2020 after eating a slice of chicken tikka masala pizza that left him ‘gasping for air’. An ambulance was called, and he was rushed to hospital, but he did not make it.
