Flight attendant reported that a catering cart was used to transport trash and dirty trays and was n...

Narrative:

I am submitting the report because this instance/issue needs a lot of attention.forward catering happened during boarding. The previous crew filled up both carts with garbage at the bottom after consolidating; as we are supposed to do. I watched catering take out the trash and dirty trays; and put the clean glasses in that same cart and load it back for me. Guests were able to see this just as clearly as me.but this raises much bigger questions. Is this normal practice? [We were] told that all carts are deep cleaned before being re-loaded on a flight. Obviously not today. Also with the corona virus spreading internationally; this promotes the spread of the disease. Should I have stopped the operation and maybe caused a possible further 1 hour delay to wait for catering to bring me 'hopefully a clean cart'? If they are doing this while loading most likely it's a standard practice.catering should not switch things out of the carts. It should all [be] loaded and changed out at the kitchen.catering should not put clean dishes or food in a previously dirty cart that had trash bags full of trash without being washed out.catering should be better supported so that they don't cut corners like that.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported that a catering cart was used to transport trash and dirty trays and was not cleaned before being loaded with clean dishes and food.

Narrative: I am submitting the report because this instance/issue needs a lot of attention.Forward catering happened during boarding. The previous crew filled up both carts with garbage at the bottom after consolidating; as we are supposed to do. I watched catering take out the trash and dirty trays; and put the clean glasses in that same cart and load it back for me. Guests were able to see this just as clearly as me.But this raises much bigger questions. Is this normal practice? [We were] told that all carts are deep cleaned before being re-loaded on a flight. Obviously not today. Also with the corona virus spreading internationally; this promotes the spread of the disease. Should I have stopped the operation and maybe caused a possible further 1 hour delay to wait for catering to bring me 'hopefully a clean cart'? If they are doing this while loading most likely it's a standard practice.Catering should not switch things out of the carts. It should all [be] loaded and changed out at the kitchen.Catering should not put clean dishes or food in a previously dirty cart that had trash bags full of trash without being washed out.Catering should be better supported so that they don't cut corners like that.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1723077
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Galley Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Flight attendant reported that a catering cart was used to transport trash and dirty trays and was not cleaned before being loaded with clean dishes and food.