function getMealPolicyObject()
 {
     if (is_object($this->meal_policy_obj)) {
         return $this->meal_policy_obj;
     } else {
         $mplf = new MealPolicyListFactory();
         $mplf->getById($this->getMealPolicyID());
         if ($mplf->getRecordCount() > 0) {
             $this->meal_policy_obj = $mplf->getCurrent();
             return $this->meal_policy_obj;
         }
         return FALSE;
     }
 }