Parents claim daughter dies of allergy after mistakenly eating Chips Ahoy cookie

FLORIDA (CBS Local) -– A couple in Florida is warning other parents about food packaging labels after their teenage daughter reportedly died from eating a cookie.

Kellie Travers-Stafford and her husband, Michael, lost their 15-year-old after she reportedly ate a Chips Ahoy! cookie while at a friend’s house. Alexi Ryann Stafford, who had a peanut allergy, didn’t realize the cookie she took was one of Chips Ahoy’s “Reese’s peanut butter cups” treats.

Tragically, the teen went into anaphylactic shock and died shortly after eating the cookie on June 25. Her mother’s Facebook post about the tragedy on July 12 has been shared over 70,000 times.

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