Since she had a severe allergy to peanuts, she recognized that the cookie she was eating was actually a peanut butter cookie.
Sadly, Bryant passed away from anaphylaxis, a potentially fatal allergic reaction, an hour after being taken to the hospital.
Bryant’s son-in-law, Greg Bishop, also mentioned that the King County Coroner said her “blood vessels had basically broken down.”
Following the loss of their mother, Bryant’s family announced on Thursday that they had sued Safeway for wrongful death.
🗣 JUST IN: Professional dancer Orla Baxendale, 25, dies from allergic reaction to mislabeled cookies from Stew Leonard’s.
Family attorney Marijo Adimey called the incident “100% preventable.”
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Safeway’s parent company, Albertsons Companies, Inc., voluntarily recalled oatmeal and raisin cookies sold at the Duvall location nearly a month after the tragedy because of a “undeclared peanut and soy allergen.”
According to a recall notice from the Food and Drug Administration, as the New York Post reported. The 18-count cookies that were marketed from April 5 through April 17, 2023, were the subject of the recall.
