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Mia St Hilaire, a 12-year-old girl with a tree nut allergy, died after drinking a milkshake at Pop Inn Cafe in Bermondsey, London, in August 2023. The incident occurred because the blender used to make her drink was not cleaned properly after making another shake containing hazelnuts. In January 2025, the cafe and its proprietor were fined for multiple violations of food safety regulations related to allergen management. Mia's family advocates for a separate allergy management rating system for food businesses to help protect those with allergies when eating out.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
In August 2023, 12-year-old Mia St Hilaire died after drinking a contaminated Twix milkshake at the Pop Inn Cafe in Bermondsey, south-east London. The cafe operator, Baris Yucel, had not cleaned the blender before preparing Mia's drink, which contained hazelnut residue from a previous Kinder Bueno milkshake. Despite emergency treatment and transfer to intensive care at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Mia passed away due to anaphylactic shock. In January 2025, Yucel was fined £18,000 and given 100 hours of community service for multiple Food Safety Act violations, including not managing allergen contamination properly. Mia's parents called for stricter allergy management ratings in food businesses to prevent such tragedies.
Written for “Milkshake Allergy Death” on 2026-10-08,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
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The family of a 12-year-old girl who died after drinking a milkshake made in an unwashed blender at a cafe have called for a dedicated rating that scores food businesses on their allergy management.
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Mia St Hilaire, who had a tree nut allergy, suffered an anaphylactic shock and died after she drank a Twix milkshake at the Pop Inn Cafe in Bermondsey, south-east London, in August 2023.
Her order contained hazelnut residue because the blender had not been washed after a Kinder Bueno milkshake was made in it beforehand, an inquest concluded on Thursday.
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inquest → have → Thursday
In a statement, her family said "significant changes" were needed to protect people with food allergies.
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changes → say → allergies
In January 2025, the cafe was fined £18,000 and its proprietor Baris Yucel was given 100 hours of community service after admitting six criminal charges related to the Food Safety Act.
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proprietor → fin → Act
These included not making allergen advice available or visible to consumers, failing to manage allergen contamination during the food production process, and serving food that contained an allergenic ingredient that was not supposed to be present.
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that → include → ingredient
CCTV evidence showed that Yucel had not cleaned the blender before preparing Mia's milkshake.
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Yucel → show → milkshake
Assistant coroner Briony Ballard listened to evidence at London Inner South Coroner's Court before publishing a narrative conclusion on Mia's death.
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Ballard → listen → death
In a statement read after the conclusion of the inquest, Mia's parents Adrian St Hilaire and Chanel Spence said families with food allergies should not be "at risk" when eating out.
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families → read → risk
"We hope that lessons will be learned from Mia's death and that changes will be made to prevent other families enduring the devastation that we now have to live with," they said.
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they → hope → that
"Consumers rely on food hygiene ratings when deciding where it is safe to eat, but they do not tell us anything about the way a food business runs allergy management systems.
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business → rely → systems
"This would mean that people with allergies could make more informed choices about where they eat."
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they → mean → choices
Natasha's Foundation founder Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, whose daughter died aged 15 from an allergy to sesame in a Pret A Manger baguette, said allergies were "a serious, unpredictable medical condition".
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allergies → die → baguette
"The inquest into Mia's death illustrates just how far we still have to go to improve awareness, understanding and regulation of food allergies," she said.
"Natasha's Foundation is working hard with business, schools, communities and the government to increase awareness and understanding of food allergies to try to prevent other families from having to go through the terrible loss that Mia's family endure."
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