North Yorkshire restaurant fined £2.5k after peanut protein was found in “peanut-free” curry

North Yorkshire restaurant fined £2.5k after peanut protein was found in “peanut-free” curry

  • 13 December 2022
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A restaurant owner in North Yorkshire has been fined for selling a curry that could have caused anaphylaxis if eaten by someone with a peanut allergy.

On 6 January 2022, an inspector from Trading Standards ordered a test purchase of a “no nut, no peanut” chicken tikka masala curry from the Taj Mahal Restaurant in Richmond. The meal was analysed and found to contain peanut protein. Raj Uddin Qureshi from the Taj Mahal Restaurant was fined £2,550.

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