Bacup takeaway served 'customer with allergy' a lamb Balti with the peanuts in
Usha express takeaway in Bacup AN INSPECTOR posing as a customer in a take-away was served a meal which contained traces of peanuts – despite telling the server that he was allergic to the food. Zahangir Hussain showed Gary Singleton, an undercover officer from Trading Standards, the jar of Patak’s curry paste which he had used to make the lamb balti in question, which was later analysed and found to contain peanut protein. Alongside the list of ingredients was a warning that the paste may contain peanuts, something Hussain, the owner of Usha Express in Bacup, maintained he had told...