A choking hazard warning could appear on jelly packaging after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said it would revisit the issue with the industry, following scrutiny of a coroner’s report into the death of Tiya Chauhan at a nursery.
In response to enquiries by Nursery World, the FSA said it would consider suggesting voluntary labelling.
The magazine reported earlier this month that in her Prevent Future Deaths (PFD) report, Westminster coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox listed a number of concerns as a result of an inquest into the death of 22-month-old Tiya, who choked on a cube of raw jelly at Dicky Birds’ Wimbledon setting in 2012.
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