Eighth International Conference on Food Studies

Abstract

To understand employee perceptions on post flight food waste, data was collected at the Johannesburg production kitchen using questionnaires. A convenience sample size of 200 employees was used. The study discovered that all post flight food (in some cases in sealed states) was disposed of. While the majority of respondents understand the reasons why some post flight food waste is disposed of, they strongly perceived some of it as fit for reuse as donations, for animal feeding, for fertiliser and even to be sold to them. Their knowledge and training on food safety management systems seemed to create some conflict between what is morally correct and what forms part of their standard operating procedures.