A GROCERY CHAIN IS RECALLING PACKAGES OF COOKIES AFTER OFFICIALS SAY MISLABELING LED TO THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN NEW YORK WHO WAS ALLERGIC TO PEANUTS.
ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM’S ATTORNEYS – THE 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN — ORIGINALLY FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO MOVED TO NEW YORK TO PURSUE A BALLET CAREER – DIED ON JANUARY 11TH FROM ANAPHYLACTIC (a·nuh·fuh·lak·tuhk) SHOCK — RESULTING FROM A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION.
THE COOKIES WERE SOLD AT THE GROCERY CHAIN STEW LEONARD’S – WHICH HAS SINCE ISSUED A RECALL.
HEALTH OFFICIALS IN CONNECTICUT – WHERE THE VICTIM PURCHASED THE COOKIES – ARE WARNING OTHERS WITH A NUT ALLERGY TO DISPOSE OF THEM.
THE CEO OF STEW LEONARD’S CLAIMS THE WHOLESALER – COOKIES UNLIMITED — DID NOT NOTIFY THEM OF THE CHANGE IN THE COOKIE’S RECIPE.
COOKIES UNLIMITED HAS DISPUTED THOSE ALLEGATIONS.