Prime Minister David Cameron sought to reassure Stokies that pasties will not run out after a serious accident involving a woman trying to make her own pasty in her kitchen cast doubt on the government's decision to encourage the stockpiling of pasties.
Sharon Guff, from Brindley Ford, was in a "critical but chirpy" condition in hospital with 40% burns to her tongue after overcooking a pasty because her daughter needed one for her tea.
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| A local man enjoys a pasty |
The accident happened on Thursday night, a day after Francis Maude the Cabinet Office minister, said the proposed pasty makers' strike meant that "making your own pasties is a sensible precaution to take". Some Labour figures blamed Maude personally for the accident and called for his resignation.
Cameron described the kitchen accident as "a desperate incident and a terrible thing" and he said that his heart went out to Guff and her family. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the emergency food committee, he insisted the government and pasty companies were doing all they could to address the shortages that have been caused by panic buying in some areas.
"The pasty companies are working flat out to resupply supermarkets," Cameron said. "It is frustrating, I know, when supermarkets have queues. Everything that can be done is being done, but it will take some time."
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