'We ordered our little boy a burger and chips... then everything started to go wrong'

The parents of a boy who is severely allergic to peas have spoken of the terrifying moment his lips and face began to swell after ordering a burger and chips at a restaurant.

Caitlin Awadalla claims she was told repeatedly by the restaurant that the meal did not contain any pea-based products. Her son Noah's episode could have proved fatal had his parents not been prepared and given him antihistamine tablets.

They are now calling on the Government to make restaurants disclose all their ingredients.

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Mrs Awadalla, 35, a doctor from Swansea, and her husband Widaa, 35, have to carefully check every ingredient their son Noah, seven, eats as he is allergic to eight different foods – including peas, lentils, chick peas, cannellini beans, peanuts, pistachios, tuna fish and pollock.

This has made eating out difficult for Noah given food businesses in the UK are only required to provide information about 14 allergens listed by the Food Standards Agency – which does not include peas, lentils, chick peas or cannellini beans.

While some restaurants have been accommodating, others are not able to provide a complete list of ingredients which means he cannot eat there, and in some cases they have even refused to serve him altogether.

They have since launched a petition on Change.org demanding restaurants and other food establishments be required to provide a complete list of the ingredients used in their dishes, which they said is effectively an extension of Natasha’s Law.

The UK Food Information Amendment, which came into effect on October 1 2021 and requires companies selling pre-packaged foods to list all of its ingredients, was