Originally Posted by
madfish
Seems fairly clear cut to me. However, if the nut allergy sufferer was in the CE cabin they would not have been able to serve the desert. What then? Also what happens on those sectors where the desert is on the same tray as the starter? Is the tray contaminated and therefore cannot be served? Although the information only refers to loose but snacks.
On a side note, is the OP certain that the desert contained nuts? Does seem to an issue if it did so I find this quite surprising.
I don't read it that way. I don't know what the exact service item was, but "nuts on top" is not necessarily "loose nut snacks."
Frankly, the whole thing is a sop. It is not as though BA cleans the seatback pockets and crevices around seats where people purposely stuff wrappers from all manner of items and where peanuts and the "dust" from the packaging all winds up anyway. If this were a serious issue, BA ---- and other carriers ---- would specially clean and vacum with a micro-filter, the area around the affected passenger.