Is That A Roach I See Crawling Across Your Trolley?
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Is That A Roach I See Crawling Across Your Trolley?
Q. "Oh, Miss Flight Attendant, what's this roach doing in my soup?"
A. "It appears he's doing the backstroke, Sir!"
Hmmm... maybe I'll just stick to the bag of peanuts and hope for the best.
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FDA Finds Roaches, Listeria at Airline Caterer
FDA cites LSG Sky Chefs airline food facility in Denver for roaches, listeria
By DAVID KOENIG, The Associated Press
DALLAS --- A company that prepares food for major airlines says it has cleaned up its Denver kitchen after federal inspectors found live and dead roaches and listeria bacteria at the facility.
The Food and Drug Administration warned the company, LSG Sky Chefs, that it could be barred from selling food to the airlines at the Denver airport if it flunks further inspections.
LSG Sky Chefs said Monday it took the FDA's comments seriously, fired the general manager and head chef, and believes it will pass a follow-up review.
LSG is owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the big German carrier. Its U.S. subsidiary provides food to Delta, American, United and other airlines from 43 kitchens around the country.
According to an FDA letter to the company, inspectors who examined the Denver facility found live and dead roaches "too numerous to count" in several areas of the kitchen, including at least 40 live insects in the silverware station.
The FDA said inspectors saw employees touching food with bare hands or while wearing unwashed gloves. They also noted problems with the building, including water dripping from the ceiling into utensil-cleaning areas and holes in walls that could house insects or vermin.
H. Thomas Warwick Jr., director of the FDA's Denver office, said in an interview that such conditions were more common 10 to 15 years ago but are seen rarely today because of better sanitation practices and more inspections by federal, state and local agencies.
LSG "has been pretty good" over the years, Warwick said. "This one sort of slipped a little. We will be back very shortly."
LSG spokeswoman Beth Van Duyne said the company took the FDA's findings seriously and fired the general manager and executive chef in Denver. When chemical treatments failed to kill listeria found in a kitchen floor drain, the company replaced the pipes and drain, she said. Listeria is a bacteria linked to food-borne illness.
"We make no excuses for this report," Van Duyne said. "We've taken immediate and aggressive actions after we received the initial findings in October. We're confident we'll pass" the follow-up inspection.
Van Duyne said the company hasn't received any reports of airline passengers becoming ill from its food. She said FDA inspectors were back in the Denver building on Monday.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Flight attendant Svetlana Putingorbachov of the Ukranian Windrose Airlines professionally performs multi-task responsibilities by posing for a calendar and keeping a close observance for roach infestations on her serving cart.
A. "It appears he's doing the backstroke, Sir!"
Hmmm... maybe I'll just stick to the bag of peanuts and hope for the best.
ONTPax
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FDA Finds Roaches, Listeria at Airline Caterer
FDA cites LSG Sky Chefs airline food facility in Denver for roaches, listeria
By DAVID KOENIG, The Associated Press
DALLAS --- A company that prepares food for major airlines says it has cleaned up its Denver kitchen after federal inspectors found live and dead roaches and listeria bacteria at the facility.
The Food and Drug Administration warned the company, LSG Sky Chefs, that it could be barred from selling food to the airlines at the Denver airport if it flunks further inspections.
LSG Sky Chefs said Monday it took the FDA's comments seriously, fired the general manager and head chef, and believes it will pass a follow-up review.
LSG is owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the big German carrier. Its U.S. subsidiary provides food to Delta, American, United and other airlines from 43 kitchens around the country.
According to an FDA letter to the company, inspectors who examined the Denver facility found live and dead roaches "too numerous to count" in several areas of the kitchen, including at least 40 live insects in the silverware station.
The FDA said inspectors saw employees touching food with bare hands or while wearing unwashed gloves. They also noted problems with the building, including water dripping from the ceiling into utensil-cleaning areas and holes in walls that could house insects or vermin.
H. Thomas Warwick Jr., director of the FDA's Denver office, said in an interview that such conditions were more common 10 to 15 years ago but are seen rarely today because of better sanitation practices and more inspections by federal, state and local agencies.
LSG "has been pretty good" over the years, Warwick said. "This one sort of slipped a little. We will be back very shortly."
LSG spokeswoman Beth Van Duyne said the company took the FDA's findings seriously and fired the general manager and executive chef in Denver. When chemical treatments failed to kill listeria found in a kitchen floor drain, the company replaced the pipes and drain, she said. Listeria is a bacteria linked to food-borne illness.
"We make no excuses for this report," Van Duyne said. "We've taken immediate and aggressive actions after we received the initial findings in October. We're confident we'll pass" the follow-up inspection.
Van Duyne said the company hasn't received any reports of airline passengers becoming ill from its food. She said FDA inspectors were back in the Denver building on Monday.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
Flight attendant Svetlana Putingorbachov of the Ukranian Windrose Airlines professionally performs multi-task responsibilities by posing for a calendar and keeping a close observance for roach infestations on her serving cart.
Last edited by ONTPax; 12th Jan 2010 at 15:04.
Flight attendant Svetlana Putingorbachov of the Ukranian Windrose Airlines professionally performs multi-task responsibilities by posing for a calendar and keeping a close observance for roach infestations on her serving cart
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I would be more surpised if there weren't roaches living at an airline catering facility!
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You're welcome, mate!
As you and most everyone else have probably surmised, that photo was an addition by me. It was not part of the Associated Press story about the roaches!
Close observers will also note that I took the liberty of adding a few photos to the discussion thread entitled "An Opinion Piece Penned By A Hostie" that was introduced on 21 December 2009.
I hope the mods don't mind!
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Thank you ONTPax - you've just made my day
As you and most everyone else have probably surmised, that photo was an addition by me. It was not part of the Associated Press story about the roaches!
Close observers will also note that I took the liberty of adding a few photos to the discussion thread entitled "An Opinion Piece Penned By A Hostie" that was introduced on 21 December 2009.
I hope the mods don't mind!
ONTPax
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For a while, I ran the the trucking operation at Skychefs LGW. The place was alive with critters, believe me.
In the final analysis, if you ever sat through meetings with airlines, where the gist would be; you have per cover, 5 pence for starch, eight pence for protein, four pence for carbs... then don't expect world class standards from your caterers kitchens.
In the final analysis, if you ever sat through meetings with airlines, where the gist would be; you have per cover, 5 pence for starch, eight pence for protein, four pence for carbs... then don't expect world class standards from your caterers kitchens.
