Most air travelers are under the impression that the foods offered by the airport caterers and on board are safe. The excellent ambiance, apparently clean appearance and high cost of the food probably are reasons for such an impression amongst the traveling public. While in India no reliable information is available to come to any conclusion about the safety of foods served in airports and on board, here is a report emanating from the US which looked from any angle is disturbing indeed.
"A new report by USA Today has found that the food you're eating in airport terminals might not be as safe as you think. Reporters have reviewed the food safety reports from 800 restaurants at 10 national airports and have found hundreds of food safety violations. Serious violations, which can significantly increase the risk of food-borne illness, are common, says the newspaper. On the most recent inspection, for example, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had at least one critical violation at 42% of its 57 restaurants. Reagan National Airport in Washington DC had 77% of its restaurants with violations".
Probably the safety standards in India may be too dilute and if at all any study is carried out there may not be any serious violations. But if international safety standards are applied to Indian conditions, restaurants in many airports may have to down their shutters while on board foods may be just able to muster a pass. Probably this country is unlikely to wake up to the dangers of real health hazard posed by the low quality foods being forced on the flying public, unless some thing dreadful happens affecting some VIP travelers!
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