It has been 15 months since we stood outside the coroner’s court after our daughter Natasha’s inquest. Like the day she died, it is a time and place forever engraved painfully in our hearts and in our minds. Natasha had died aged 15 from a severe allergic reaction to sesame seeds that were hidden in a baguette. As we read our statement to the cameras outside, we stated that Natasha’s death should “serve as a watershed moment” for food retailers and policymakers to make “meaningful change and to save lives”. In the intervening months Michael Gove (who was then the environment secretary) pushed through, at impressive speed, Natasha’s Law,…

Source: The Times January 24, 2020 17:03 UTC