The mother of a girl who died after taking one sip of a hot chocolate drink made in Costa Coffee said she had told staff that her daughter’s severe allergy to dairy products was not a joke, an inquest was told.
Abimbola Duyile, the mother of Hannah Jacobs, 13, said she had asked the staff to clean the jug used for the hot chocolate after placing an order for two takeaway soya milk hot chocolates, which they agreed to do.
Hannah, who had been allergic to dairy products, fish and eggs since she was a toddler, suffered an “immediate reaction”.
She died within hours of having the drink on February 8 last year, East London coroner’s court was told.
“I made sure that the staff