{"id":24478,"date":"2010-07-01T01:15:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T06:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=24478"},"modified":"2010-07-04T13:57:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T18:57:24","slug":"airline-food-possible-health-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/airline-food-possible-health-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Airline Food Possible Health Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/airline-food-possible-health-threat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24481\" title=\"airline_meal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/airline_meal-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/airline_meal-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/airline_meal.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Are you prone to airsickness? Well, this news won&#8217;t help your traveling woes any: According to recently released government documents, meals served on many major airlines are made in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last two years, inspectors with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have cited various catering facilities that prepare airline food for suspected health and sanitation violations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The FDA inspections were held at U.S. facilities for LSG Sky Chefs, Gate Gourmet, and Flying Food Group, all large airline caterers. The three companies operate a total of 91 kitchens which produce more than 100 million meals every year for U.S. and foreign airlines at U.S. airports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In spite of best efforts by the FDA and industry, the situation with in-flight <a title=\"meal delivery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/meal-delivery-diets\/\" target=\"_self\">catered foods<\/a> is disturbing, getting worse and now poses a real risk of illness and injury to tens of thousands of airline passengers on a daily basis,&#8221; says Roy Costa, a consultant and public health sanitarian.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the issue, according to the FDA, is improper temperature for <a title=\"food safety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/basics-on-food-storage-safety-to-avoid-illnesses\/\" target=\"_self\">food storage<\/a>. And this is where it gets a little more disturbing&#8230; there are problems with unclean equipment and workers who practice poor hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>According to Costa, the conditions create the possibility of food poisoning outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>image: clarksubicmarketing.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"healthy airport travel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/6-ways-to-stay-healthy-at-the-airport\/\" target=\"_self\">6 Ways to Stay Healthy at the Airport<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"healthy vacation tips\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/04\/healthy-vacation-tips-for-summer-travel\/\" target=\"_self\">Healthy Vacation Tips for Summer Travel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"healthy vacation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/how-to-avoid-a-nutrition-vacation\/\" target=\"_self\">How to Avoid a Nutrition Vacation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you prone to airsickness? Well, this news won&#8217;t help your traveling woes any: According to recently released government documents, meals served on many major airlines are made in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness. Over the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/airline-food-possible-health-threat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1477,99,3565,794,31,1478],"class_list":["post-24478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-airlines","tag-fda","tag-food-poisoning","tag-food-safety","tag-health-news","tag-travel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24478"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24783,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24478\/revisions\/24783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}