Undercover Trading Standards officers carried out investigations on a number of businesses across the county, amid concerns many are not doing enough to protect diners who suffer from allergies.

They have warned that firms failing to ensure certain meals do not contain allergens could have serious repercussions, and could even lead to deaths.

Sophie Leney, head of Norfolk Trading Standards (Image: Norfolk County Council)

Sophie Leney, head of Norfolk Trading Standards, said: "Businesses failing to correctly label food and drink products, and the allergens such as peanuts and dairy produce within them, can have serious consequences – and in the worst-case scenario it can cost lives.

"So the work our Trading Standards officers are doing carrying out these checks is critical for the safety of Norfolk’s consumers."

Tests found the burger meal contained egg, when the Trading Standards officer had asked for it to be free of allergens (Image: Antony Kelly)

Officers from Trading Standards, which is a department at Norfolk County Council, took 21 meals as samples from Norfolk restaurants and takeaways.

They stated they had a specific allergy at the time of ordering and requested allergy-free food.

But, in tests of the meals purchased, two have failed so far, and three results have yet to be analysed.

Of the two which failed, one was where egg........

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