Owen’s Law: “Allergy law would make people like me feel safer”

Max, from Surrey, who has a severe peanut allergy which was diagnosed in childhood, believes the new law being proposed by Owen’s family will help to give people with allergies more confidence when eating out.

“It will avoid that sometimes lack of awareness among restaurant staff about the seriousness of allergies, and it would really help to inform the customer more and make them feel much safer,” he said.

“You truly don’t always know how understanding waiting staff are of the issues. They may think the issue is not that big and will possibly not go further and check with kitchen staff that the food really is being made in a safe environment to eat.”

Max’s mum Lidia said “my heart goes out to any family who has endured the loss of a loved one simply for being allergic to food”.

“The law does much to protect people from harm, but in this area it needs to go much further” she said.