Who should ultimately be responsible if a person had a food allergy and a server or clerk messes up and serves that person the very item they are allergic to?

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I don’t know. Honestly, it seems like tempting fate to eat at a seafood place when you’re allergic to shellfish. A bit like being allergic to dairy and going to an ice cream shop.

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