»»Is the Food at Airport Safe?
USA Today quoted a Food and Drug Administration source as saying: “There are 76 million cases of food-borne illnesses annually in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionestimates. Most aren’t traced to the source and doing so is even harder with airport restaurants because customers scatter”.
A newspaper’s review of inspection records for nearly 800 restaurants at 10 airports found items such as tuna salad and turkey sandwiches stored at dangerously warm temperatures, raw meat contaminating ready-to-eat foods, rat droppings and kitchens lacking soap for workers to wash hands. Serious violations, which can increase the risk of illness, are common.
On the most recent inspections available online, 42% of 57 restaurants reviewed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had at least one “critical” violation. So did 77% of 35 restaurants reviewed at Reagan National Airport.
However health departments say airport restaurants are similar to others. New York City’s health department said, “Restaurants at JFK have had relatively few problems with rodents in comparison to restaurants citywide”. (source: USA Today)
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