Two men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a teenager who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a takeaway meal.
Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid were charged with the manslaughter of 15-year-old Megan Lee, who had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire.
Megan was admitted to hospital in Blackburn on 30 December 2016, and died on New Year’s Day. A postmortem examination showed she died from acute asthma resulting from a nut allergy.
Kuddus, 39, from Blackburn, and Rashid, 38, from Haslingden, were also charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee, and one count of contravening or failing to comply with an EU provision concerning food safety and hygiene, Lancashire police said.
The company that owned the restaurant at the time of the incident has also been charged with one count of failing to discharge general health and safety duty to a person other than an employee.
Royal Spice takeaway is now trading under new ownership.
The case is due before Blackburn magistrates court on 4 January.
