Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, SAN has clarifies on the directive earlier issued to foreign airlines to serve local delicacies to passengers on board.
Hear him:
“This is to clarify that directing foreign airlines on
out-bound flights to patronise our local caterers
is not the same thing as directing them to serve
local dishes.
” Our local caterers can also prepare continental dishes or anyone for that matter
ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN SPECIFICATION.
“The age-long practice of bringing their meals frozen from their different countries and then
warming and serving them on their outbound flights to mostly our own citizens is no longer
acceptable.
“We also have quality control
agencies to supervise the hygienic nature of those meals, if that is their concern. On the flip
side, if they want us to trust the quality of the food they bring into our country to serve our own
citizens, then they also should trust our own process of vetting those meals made by our local
caterers.
“The bottom line is that we must support our local businesses with our huge population
and traffic, but other caterers from other climes should not benefit from what should essentially
be to the benefit of our local economy.