Listeria closes a flight kitchen in BNE

[markis10]

An international catering kitchen at Brisbane Airport that provides thousands of in-flight meals has been closed after a dangerous bacteria was found on kitchen equipment.
Listeria was found at Alpha Catering's catering kitchen at Brisbane Airport this afternoon and it was immediately closed by Queensland Health and Brisbane City Council.
Listeria can cause food poisoning and is particularly dangerous to pregnant women, with even a mild case able to cause a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or a premature birth.
The discovery was confirmed this afternoon by a spokesman for Health Minister Lawrence Springborg.
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"Apparently their (Alpha Catering) own quality assurance testing picked up listeria on some of their equipment today," he said.




Read more: Listeria outbreak closes flight meal kitchen

 

[jetlagger]

I wonder what initiated the closure...I always have been apprehensive about those wraps on DJ.

 

[markis10]

I wonder what initiated the closure...I always have been apprehensive about those wraps on DJ.

They look after 16 airlines, and will be shortly taking over Q Catering if you believe the TWU, not to mention they are owned by EK!

 

[Must...Fly!]

They look after 16 airlines, and will be shortly taking over Q Catering if you believe the TWU, not to mention they are owned by EK!

Speaking of "owned by EK"...they are slowly taking over Australian airports...another coffee bar opening soon at PER (in QF terminal)...

 

[markis10]

Speaking of "owned by EK"...they are slowly taking over Australian airports...another coffee bar opening soon at PER (in QF terminal)...

Yes, Dnata are moving quickly!

 

[Mal]

I wonder what initiated the closure...I always have been apprehensive about those wraps on DJ.

From what I read, I like The way the company has handled it. Open disclosure, informed the authorities themselves etc.

Better than how other companies sweep it under the carpet.

Sent from my GT-I9100 using AustFreqFly

 

[Happy Trails]

Listeria's not so bad. It grows on you after a while.

 

[Mal]

Big thumbs down to BrisbaneTimes for showing a Virgin tail as the thumbnail for this story. People wonder why I'm sick of Australian media - but this proves my point. Yes Virgin is a client of the caterer, but the picture shown should be of the catering company. I notice that Emirates (who remains fairly untouchable within Australian media for some reason) wasn't shown. (though, they were mentioned in the article).