Max, 17, is calling on ministers to back a law for allergen information to be published on menus.
A teenager with a potentially life-threatening food allergy says a new law forcing restaurants to publish allergen information on menus would make customers feel safer.
Trade body UK Hospitality says business "take allergen management extremely seriously" and work to ensure "customers are both safe and welcome when eating out".in 2017 from eating chicken containing buttermilk, despite telling restaurant staff he was allergic to dairy.Max and his mum Lidia believe a change in the law and regular training will make it safer to eat out
"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." in restaurants and coffee shops. It said members of its board would write to the government about this.Owen's father Paul Carey told BBC South East: "I hope the new government will bite the bullet and accept the FSA's recommendation and put it into law".
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