years ago after some incidents, particularly having to do with sanitation measures on food. and catering security is one of the subjects that s pretty well-developed worldwide. jon: delta doesn t prep its own sandwiches. they hire an outside caterer to handle that right? that s correct. the catering companies, the gate gourmet, supposedly or reportedly the company involved in this, is probably the major such catering company in the world. and these security processes begin with the delivery of the raw food stuffs and also the persons that are preparing these foods, then go through clearance from a sanitation standpoint, and then from a security standpoint before they enter the actual sanitation area, the food preparation facility. all of this is very, very carefully choreographed and