MP pushes for liquid nitrogen cocktail ban

A British MP has added his voice to the growing campaign to ban the use of liquid nitrogen in cocktail making.

Gaby Scanlon, 18, had her stomach removed after drinking a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen

David Morris is the Conservative MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale and one of his constituents is Gaby Scanlon, the girl who recently had her stomach removed after drinking a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen.

Morris said: “I am very angry that one of my constituents has been injured by liquid nitrogen and as far as I am concerned that is one constituent too many.

“I will be assessing the options to make Parliament aware of what has happened to Gaby and I will ask MPs to consider banning liquid nitrogen drinks before someone else is injured or even killed.”

It is thought that Morris will raise the issue during Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday and may also try to force a full debate in the House of Commons.

Marion Beke from Nightjar recently told sb that he thought something would now change regarding the use of liquid nitrogen in making cocktails.

Beke said: “I think because of what’s happened to this poor girl, the law is going to change. Dry ice is very cold and can burn your stomach in the same way something hot can. I think liquid nitrogen will definitely be banned or restricted after this and dry ice could be affected too”.

Scanlon, 18, had to have her stomach removed after drinking a cocktail, known as a Nitro Jagermeister, while on a night out in Lancaster. Scanlon had complained of breathlessness and stomach pain before being rushed to hospital; doctors said she would probably have died without undergoing the emergency procedure.