Whole Foods fined £2,000 over woman's nuts trauma

A health food shop has been fined £2,000 after a customer was taken to hospital with a severe nut allergy after eating one of its products.

Whole Foods in Kensington failed to warn Natalie Kozlowska that there were walnuts in Aubergine Rollatini Spinach.

Ms Kozlowska, who is allergic to all nuts and had checked the label, spent eight hours at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.

Fresh & Wild Ltd, the owners of Whole Foods Market, pleaded guilty at West London magistrates' court on Wednesday to labelling and presenting food in a manner that misled the consumer.

It said it had reviewed its labelling process since the incident in June last year and tightened controls in the store. It was also ordered to pay £2,321.03 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge.