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Cruise Ship: MS Royal Princess Cruise Line: Princess Cruises Inspection Date: 07/19/2010 Inspection Score: 93
This cruise ship inspection report lists the deficiencies found during the inspection. Additional information corresponding to each item number is available in the lastest editions of the CDC VSP Operational Manual.

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Item No.: 03
Site: Potable Water-Production Records
Violation: The vessel sailed in the Amazon River in February and March. It was a 30 day cruise with the embarkation and disembarkation in a US port. While anchored in the river, the vessel produced potable water. The vessel had a "non-conformance report" from corporate office indicating enhanced production procedures while in the Amazon River. However, the vessel did not have a variance from the Vessel Sanitation Program.
Recommendation: Ensure that a reverse osmosis, distillation plant or other process that supplies water to the vessel's potable water system does not operate in polluted areas, harbors, or at anchor.
Item No.: 06
Site: Potable Water-Microbiologic Monitoring
Violation: For the months of April and May, bacteriological water samples were taken from the casino bar and deck 7 service pantry aft.
Recommendation: Ensure that a minimum of four potable water samples per month are collected and analyzed for the presence of Escherichia coli and are collected randomly from locations on the forward, aft, upper, and lower decks of the vessel. Ensure that sample sites are changed each month.
Item No.: 06
Site: Potable Water-Far Point Charts
Violation: On June 21st and July 4th, there was no notation on the charts of calibration for the far point analyzer. The water records indicated "calibration check" for those dates. However, it did not specify what units were calibrated.
Recommendation: Ensure that the daily, manual comparison test for calibration is recorded on the chart or in a log book.
Item No.: 08
Site: Potable Water-Crew Laundry Room
Violation: The potable water lines were not striped or painted blue.
Recommendation: Ensure that potable water piping and fittings are painted or striped auxiliary blue, or in accordance with ISO 14726, at 5 m (15 feet) intervals on each side of partitions, decks, and bulkheads in all spaces, except where the decor would be marred by such markings.
Item No.: 10
Site: Recreational Water Facilities-
Violation: The approved floatation devices were not located in a prominent location.
Recommendation: Ensure that an easy-access shepherd's hook and approved floatation device (with a length of line 1/2 the pool width or 16 m (50 feet)) is provided at a prominent location near each public swimming pool.
Item No.: 17
Site: Galley-
Violation: There were seafood salads in the walk-in refrigeration unit. The chef stated that the seafood was cooked onboard, using an ice bath to cool the items following cooking. The cooling was not recorded in a cooling log.
Recommendation: Ensure that logs documenting cooked, potentially hazardous food cooling temperatures and times from the starting points designated in 7.3.5.2.1 thru the control points at 2 and 6 hours are maintained onboard the vessel for a period of 30 days from the date the food was placed in the cooling process. Ensure that logs documenting cooling of potentially hazardous foods prepared from ingredients at ambient temperatures, with the start time to the time when 5°C (41 °F) is reached are also maintained for a period of 30 days, beginning with the day of preparation.
Item No.: 21
Site: Buffet-Panorama - Starboard Beverage Station
Violation: In the technical compartment below the coffee dispensers, there were many openings and gaps on the back panel and on the top of the compartment.
Recommendation: Close the openings and seal the gaps.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-
Violation: There were large gaps around the drain lines in the top of the technical compartment below the fryers.
Recommendation: Close the gaps.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-Panorama Galley
Violation: There was a square opening around the pipe penetration in the back of the technical compartment for refrigeration unit #5. The opening was only partially closed.
Recommendation: Close the opening.
Item No.: 21
Site: Food Service General-Grills
Violation: The grease drain line was not sealed inside the top of the drip pan housing. This was noted for all flat and grooved grills. This was noted in the Sabatini/Steakhouse galley during the last inspection.
Recommendation: Seal inside the top of the drip pan housing.
Item No.: 27
Site: Bar-Pool Bar
Violation: Below the first speed rail, the floor of the compartment was soiled under the hard plastic pipe.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 33
Site: Buffet-BBQ Grill
Violation: There was no coving at the deck/bulkhead juncture by the door to the pantry or under the cooking equipment. This was noted during the last inspection.
Recommendation: Ensure that bulkhead and deck junctures are coved (including galleys, pantries, deck/counter junctures at buffets, bars, waiter stations, and dining room work counters).
Item No.: 33
Site: Pantry-Deck 5 Coffee Pantry
Violation: The deck was soiled near the bulkhead under the corner of the counter by the soup station.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Panorama Galley
Violation: Below the technical compartment for Fridge #5, the top of the left deck penetration was recessed around the pipe.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are constructed and maintained for easy cleaning.
Item No.: 33
Site: Buffet-Panorama
Violation: There was an accumulation of dust at the bulkhead/deckhead juncture behind both buffet lines. This was noted in the last inspection.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 37
Site: Galley-
Violation: Above the center combination oven, there was an accumulation of condensate on the deckhead inside the hood. Condensate was dripping onto the floor in front of the oven.
Recommendation: Ensure that ventilation hood systems and devices are sufficient in number and capacity to prevent grease or condensation from collecting on bulkheads and deckheads.
Item No.: 40
Site: Integrated Pest Management-
Violation: The active/night monitoring logs did not include inspections of the buffets or the bars. Also, the times for the night inspections were between 10:00 and 11:00 pm. Staff stated that the galleys close around 10:00 pm. The night inspections should be conducted after the area has been closed for a longer period of time.
Recommendation: Ensure active monitoring includes inspections of the buffets and bars. Ensure active night inspections occur after the area has been closed for a longer period of time.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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