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Ignoring In-flight Food Safety Rules Is Dangerous

Airplanes are an imperfect place to prepare food and, as such, crew need to be especially alert to the danger of food poisoning, according to in-flight catering expert Paula Kraft.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

March 18, 2013

Imagine a corporate aircraft cleaning crew discovering germs like E. coli, listeria, hepatitis and a few staph infections on the company airplane as they prepare it for the next trip? Paula Kraft, CEO of Atlanta Ga.-based Aviation Catering Consultants (ACC), conducted research on more than three dozen international airplanes (most of them U.S.-based) and found some of these germs on the control wheels, in the galley and in the lavatory.

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