Parents who lost daughter after she ate Pret food remain 'cautious' despite food chain's plans to alter its labelling
Video report by ITV News correspondent Paul Davies
The grieving parents of a teenager who died from eating a Pret a Manger baguette have said they remain "cautious" about the food chain's plans to change its labelling rules.
Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, who lost his 15-year-old daughter last year, told ITV News that while it was good "Pret have responded" they "remain cautious".
Describing the effect the proceedings had on him he said: "For my part it's been extraordinarily difficult, I think it's tested me completely to the limit, possible beyond".
The food chain said it will begin a trial run of full ingredient labelling, including allergens, on all its products from next month with plans to roll out the system across all UK stores.
However, Mr Ednan-Laperouse expressed reservations about the idea of a trial run because he said it is "scant detail on something as important as food labelling and the horror that we as a family have suffered".
Mrs Ednan-Laperouse added that they heard about the changes from Pret's press office as nobody from the company had contacted them personally since the death of their daughter.
Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, from Fulham, south-west London, collapsed on board a flight in July 2016 after eating an artichoke, olive and tapenade baguette she had bought at a Pret outlet in Heathrow Airport.
The coroner at her inquest last week said she died of anaphylaxis after eating the Pret sandwich, containing sesame, which she is allergic to.
Under current food regulations, non pre-packaged fresh food made on the premises does not need to be individually labelled with allergen or ingredient information.
Calling for a change in food labelling laws, her father, Mr Ednan-Laperouse , who was with his daughter when she fell ill said the current rules had played "Russian Roulette" with his daughter's life.
He said they put allergy sufferers at risk "every minute of every hour" and were a "time bomb just waiting to go off".
Pret has announced that full ingredient labelling will be introduced to all products that are freshly made in its shop kitchens, and labels will list all ingredients, including allergens.
The food company said it will start trialling full ingredient labelling on product packaging from next month, adding this will be rolled out to all UK shops as quickly as possible.
Clive Schlee, Pret chief executive, said: "I want to say again how deeply sorry we are for the loss of Natasha.
"I said we would learn from this tragedy and ensure meaningful changes happen.
"I hope these measures set us on course to drive change in the industry so people with allergies are as protected and informed as possible.
"Nothing is more important to Pret right now."