HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 25-year-old skilled dancer from England who moved to New York City to pursue her profession has died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing peanuts, a part of a batch that has since been recalled.
The grocery store Stew Leonard’s introduced Tuesday that Vanilla Florentine Cookies offered in its retail outlets in Danbury and Newington in Connecticut from Nov. 6 to Dec. 31 have been being recalled in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration. The corporate stated about 500 applications of the vacation cookies have been offered.
The one who died used to be known as Órla Baxendale, a regulation company representing her pursuits stated Thursday.
“Her passion for dance extended well beyond a single discipline as she was an exquisite ballet, contemporary, and Irish step dancer,” learn an online obituary for Baxendale, who used to be born in East Lancashire.
She died Jan. 11 after struggling anaphylactic surprise resulting from a severe allergic reaction, in keeping with a post at the website online for Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf.
The cookies contained peanuts as an unlisted aspect and Baxendale ate them at a occasion in Connecticut, state well being and shopper coverage officers stated. On Thursday, government issued some other alert pronouncing the similar cookies additionally contained eggs, which additionally weren’t indexed at the label and will purpose allergies for some.
The cookies have been produced by means of the Long Island-based wholesaler Cookies United and classified with the Stew Leonard’s logo title, in keeping with state officers.
Cookies United in Islip, N.Y., is proven Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Mislabeled cookies containing peanuts that have been offered at Stew Leonard’s grocery retail outlets in Connecticut have been recalled this week after the dying of a girl from New York City. Cookies United stated in a liberate that they notified Stew Leonard’s remaining July that the product contained peanuts and that all merchandise shipped to the store have been classified accordingly. Cookies United stated the flawed label used to be created by means of Stew Leonard’s. (James Carbone/Newsday by means of AP)
Stew Leonard Jr., the store’s president and CEO, stated in a video posted Wednesday that the supplier went from soy nuts to peanuts in the recipe without notifying their chief safety officer.
Cookies United said in a release that they notified Stew Leonard’s last July that the product contained peanuts and that all products shipped to the retailer had been labeled accordingly. Cookies United said the incorrect label was created by Stew Leonard’s.
Peanuts and eggs are among nine major food allergens identified in federal law that requires such ingredients to be listed on food packaging.