two arrested for nut allergy death.

[SilverLining]

I agree with eragon. It seems some businesses are knowingly substituting one food product for another.

Carrying an epi-pen won't necessarily save a person when they have ingested that much peanut. And if a person "knows" the food to be safe, they often delay using an epi-pen. They assume the symptoms to be something else.

[lakeswimr]

Good point, Eragon.  Certainly, restaurants should be careful and should be educated about food allergies.  I do not think that we will ever get to the point where one could realistically expect *any* restaurant would be able to safely accommodate any food allergy, though.  Certain whole categories of foods are thought to be generally off limits to various allergies (Asian food for peanut allergy, for one example.) 

An epi pen may not have saved these people but eating out with a peanut allergy and no epi is potentially extremely dangerous.  An epi given right off might have saved all of them.    Very tragic all around.