USD A cracks down on airport caterer
NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S.
Department of Agriculture of
ficials have moved to withdraw
approval for handling' and
disposing of foreign-origin garbage
from Marriott Corporation’s World
Way West catering facility at, Los
Angeles International Airport, Los
Angeles, Calif.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service deputy
administrator Harvey L. Ford said
he notified the-corporation of his
agency’s intenf to withdraw ap
proval because Marriott has been
in repeated violation of federal
regulations requiring biologically
safe disposal of food and food
wastes from international flights.
“We are very concerned about
food-borne foreign plant and
animal insects and diseases,”'
l?ordsaid.
“Destructive agricultural
diseases and pests might easily get
into this country through food
service Wastes on these flights,
even though the food is quite safe
for . human consumption,” Ford
said. “Effective disposal
requirements are our principal
means of protection.'”
Ford siud the USDA rules
require wastes of foreign origin to
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To protect against food-bome foreign insects diseases
be sterile and disposed in a landfill
or incinerated.
“In March and May of 1980,
Marriott employees committed
apparent violations of our
regulations, which involved put
ting foreign-origin garbage
directly in trash compactors
destined for a landfill, without
necessary sterilization
procedures,” Ford said. “Another
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volved improper disposal of airline
meals.”
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