Bad Airline Food Linked to Illnesses


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HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- Contaminated carrots served on several flights out of Honolulu likely caused 45 people to suffer food poisoning across 22 states, Japan, Australia and American Samoa, a state epidemiologist said Thursday.

The outbreak has sparked one lawsuit, filed Thursday, against airline caterer Gate Gourmet Inc., which included the carrots in meals served last August 22-24.

The company, based in Virginia and Switzerland, was sent a warning letter by the federal Food and Drug Administration on April 21 citing violations found in a February inspection of its Honolulu facility -- such as a "pink slimy substance" dripping onto the conveyor of the pot washing machine, live cockroaches and flies, and mold growing on the windows of a refrigerator.

Gate Gourmet provides meals for Northwest, Delta, United, Hawaiian and Aloha airlines.

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a "pink slimy substance" dripping onto the conveyor of the pot washing machine, live cockroaches and flies, and mold growing on the windows of a refrigerator.

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:x This would be good to read everyday to help me diet.

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On that same topic, don't wash your hands while onboard a plane. It's quite likely the water was recycled right out of the same water used in the toilet, and who knows how well that water is filtered. :x

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On that same topic, don't wash your hands while onboard a plane. It's quite likely the water was recycled right out of the same water used in the toilet, and who knows how well that water is filtered.  :x

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Yeh... if they filtered it properly it wouldnt be a problem. In an emergency urine is a good cleaning agent. :x

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