Listeria-laden chicken on Virgin Blue flights leads to two premature births

Posted: August 19th, 2009 - 8:43am by Doug Powell

The corporate geniuses at Virgin Blue airlines must be delighted that the listeria-laden chicken served on Virgin Blue flights that sickened seven and caused two premature births has been linked to Wollongong-based company GMI Food Wholesalers.

But Virgin Blue served the food – they are responsible.

"It appears the likely source of the contamination was an ingredient supplied to the manufacturers of the wraps and not Virgin Blue or other companies who received the affected products. Virgin Blue has removed the product from service at the end of June."

Brisbane-based solicitor Mark O'Connor stated what any company should know: Virgin Blue served the food, Virgin Blue is responsible.

"The airline in turn would have to make a claim against the supplier of the food but for passengers, it’s the airline that is liable.”

Virgin Blue should check on its suppliers rather than trying to cover their ass with (bad) PR.
 

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Categories: Listeria
Tags: Australia, Chicken, Virgin Blue

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crs says:

When I was pregnant with my 10 year old, I asked my obsetrician about precautions against listeria. He said it was a very rare disease and admitted he knew little about it. Being open-minded and willing to learn, he was grateful to receive the USDA pamphlet I gave him (at least, he said he was). Listeria has certainly come up in the world since then.

Posted on August 19th, 2009 - 10:07am

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