Girl died after consuming Costa sizzling chocolate, inquest instructed

A13-year-old lady with a extreme dairy allergy suffered an “immediate reaction” after a only one sip of a Costa Coffee sizzling chocolate that was purported to be made with soya milk, an inquest has been instructed.

Hannah Jacobs from Barking, east London, who had been allergic to dairy merchandise, died inside hours of sipping the drink on February 8 2022, East London Coroner’s Court heard.

Her mom Abimbola Duyile, who ordered the drink, stated her “anger gave way to terror” after her kid’s response to the drink.

The inquest is because of final six days.

In a press release to the inquest, Abimbola Duyile stated her daughter “could have achieved so much in this world”.

She stated: “I will always remember her as a happy child, I loved my child so much and my heart is broken.”

The mom and daughter visited the Costa Coffee department in Station Parade, Barking, which is owned and operated by a franchisee.

Ms Duyile ordered two takeaway soya sizzling sweets, earlier than taking Hannah to a dental appointment.

Ms Duyile stated she was being “extra picky” and so particular in regards to the order that she “might sound like a crazy mum” however her perspective was that she wanted “to be straight with the staff”.

Of the response of the workers behind the counter to her request, Ms Duyile instructed the courtroom: “I feel that she did not understand what I was saying, which is why I leaned forwards so that she could hear what I was saying.”

Hannah took her first sip of the drink when she was on the dentist, which was a brief stroll away.

Ms Duyile recalled Hannah “abruptly got up and went to the toilet and shouted ‘that was not soya milk’. “

She stated Hannah’s response “happened quickly” and he or she was coughing up phlegm.

Ms Duyile then rushed Hannah, who was complaining of chest pains, to a close-by chemist as her “lips and mouth were very swollen and she was itchy”.

Hannah collapsed within the chemist and the pharmacist gave her an an EpiPen injection in her leg, the inquest heard.

Attempts to resuscitate her had been began and a buyer known as an ambulance. Paramedics quickly arrived and continued resuscitation efforts.

Hannah was taken to hospital the place she was declared useless by 1pm, in response to her household’s attorneys.

Ms Duyile stated her daughter adopted a coverage of full avoidance of milk, eggs, wheat and fish, by no means ate at a good friend’s home and would solely eat at “known and trusted” eating places.