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Cruise Ship: Norwegian Sun Cruise Line: Norwegian Cruise Lines Inspection Date: 06/23/2004 Inspection Score: 97
This cruise ship inspection report lists deficiencies found during the inspection. Additional information corresponding to each item number is available in the latest edition of the VSP Environmental Public Health Standards.

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Item No.: *
Site: Other-CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT
Violation: IN DEVELOPING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT FOR THIS INSPECTION, CRITICAL-ITEM DEFICIENCIES (DESIGNATED WITH YES IN CRITICAL COLUMN (WORTH 3 - 5 POINTS), WHETHER DEBITED OR NOT, SHOULD INCLUDE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND MONITORING PROCEDURES IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT THE RECURRENCE OF THE CRITICAL DEFICIENCY. PREPARE CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT AS A WORD PROCESSING OR SPREADSHEET FILE WHICH WILL BE SENT TO USPHS / VSP AS AN EMAIL MESSAGE ATTACHMENT. PLEASE EMAIL CORRECTIVE ACTION STATEMENT TO: VSP@CDC.GOV USE EMAIL MESSAGE SUBJECT LINE: SHIP NAME-NORWEGIAN SUN - CAS - [INSPECTION DATE: 06/23/2004].
Recommendation: In developing the Corrective Action Statement for this inspection, critical-item deficiencies (designated with Yes in Critical Column (worth 3 - 5 points), whether debited or not, should include standard operating procedures and monitoring procedures implemented to prevent the recurrence of the critical deficiency. Prepare Corrective Action Statement as a word processing or spreadsheet file which will be sent to USPHS / VSP as an email message attachment. Please email Corrective Action Statement to: vsp@cdc.gov Use email message subject line: SHIP NAME - CAS - [insert inspection date] .
Item No.: *
Site: Other-COMMENT
Violation: THE GALLEYS, PROVISIONS AND BARS WERE IN EXCELLENT SANITARY CONDITION DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF THE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND DEDICATED STAFF.
Recommendation:
Item No.: 08
Site: Other-POTABLE WATER - BACKFLOW
Violation: THE INTERMEDIATE ATMOSPHERIC VENTS ON THE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS INSTALLED ON THE HOT/COLD POTABLE WATER SUPPLY TO THE HYDROTHERAPY TUBS IN THE SPA ROOMS 11214 AND 11216 WERE BLOCKED BY A CONNECTED PIPE FITTING.
Recommendation: 5.7.2.2.1 Backflow prevention devices should be periodically inspected and any failed units shall be replaced. Remove the blockage from the backflow prevention device or relocate the device.
Item No.: 16
Site: Other-LIDO - GENERAL
Violation: STAFF STATED THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS HELD IN BACK-UP HOT UNITS WERE UNDER TIME CONTROL BECAUSE THE UNITS WERE NOT HOLDING HOT TEMPERATURES. INDIVIDUAL PANS WERE LABELED WITH TIME CONTROL COLOR CODES INSIDE THE HOT UNITS. THE WRITTEN TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL PLAN SPECIFICALLY LISTED HOT AND COLD HOLDING UNITS WITH BACK-UP FOODS AS TEMPERATURE CONTROL ONLY.
Recommendation: 7.3.5.3.5 If time only, rather than time in conjunction with temperature, is used as the public health control for a working supply of potentially hazardous food before cooking, or for ready-to-eat potentially hazardous food that is displayed or held for service for immediate consumption: (1) The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control; (2) The food shall be cooked and served, served if ready-to-eat, or discarded, within 4 hours from the time when the food is removed from temperature control; and (3) The food in unmarked containers or packages or marked to exceed a 4 hour limit shall be discarded.
Item No.: 18
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY-DECK 5
Violation: A CONTAINER OF RAW HAMBURGER PATTIES WAS STORED ABOVE CONTAINERS OF READY-TO-EAT MEAT PRODUCTS IN THE WALK-IN REFRIGERATION UNIT # 58409.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.2.1.1 Food shall be protected from cross-contamination by: (1) Physically separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as vegetables, and cooked ready-to-eat food; so products do not physically touch, and so as to prevent dripping of one product into another.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-LIDO - BUFFET
Violation: BREAD ROLLS UNDER A TEMPORARY SNEEZE SHIELD WERE POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO THE TABLE EDGE, WHILE THE SHIELD WAS POSITIONED TOO FAR BACK ON THE TABLE AND THE ROLLS WERE EXPOSED TO PASSENGER CONTAMINATION. THIS SAME ARRANGEMENT WAS NOTED ON THE OPPOSITE BUFFET LINE ROLL DISPLAY.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.6.1 Food on display shall be protected from contamination by the use of packaging; counter, service line, or salad bar food guards; display cases; or other effective means.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-LIDO - BUFFET
Violation: PASTRY AND BREAD DISPLAYED WARM ON THE CARVING STATION WERE EXPOSED TO PASSENGER CONTAMINATION BECAUSE THE BUILT-IN SNEEZE SHIELD WAS MOUNTED 8-10 INCHES TOO HIGH ON THE STATION. THIS SAME ARRANGEMENT WAS NOTED ON THE ADJACENT DISPLAY LINE.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.6.1 Food on display shall be protected from contamination by the use of packaging; counter, service line, or salad bar food guards; display cases; or other effective means.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-LIDO - BUFFET
Violation: UNDER BOTH BUFFET HOT SERVICE BAIN MARIE SECTIONS THERE WERE TWO ROWS OF FOOD ITEMS ON THE HOT SERVICE LINE. DUE TO THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE UTENSILS A PLATE WAS SET IN FRONT OF EACH LINE OUTSIDE OF THE SNEEZE SHIELD. PASSENGERS SET THE SERVING UTENSILS ON THE PLATE RATHER THAN IN THE FOOD AND EXPOSED THE FOOD CONTACT PORTION TO OTHER POTENTIAL PASSENGER CONTAMINATION FROM COUGH OR SNEEZE.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.2.1 During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food preparation and dispensing utensils shall be stored: (1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-LIDO - BUFFET
Violation: TWO LARGE DECORATIVE BREAD BASKETS WERE ON THE DISPLAY LINE FILLED WITH BREAD ROLLS FOR PASSENGER SELF-SERVICE. THE BASKETS WERE MADE OF BREAD DOUGH AND COATED WITH FOOD-GRADE PRODUCTS, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BE CLEANED. STAFF STATED THAT THEY WERE USED FOR A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS BEFORE DISCARDING. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF THE PRODUCT NOTED ON MANY OF THE BASKET INTERIOR SURFACES WAS DUST PARTICLES OR SIMPLY BAKING FLOUR.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.6.1 Food on display shall be protected from contamination by the use of packaging; counter, service line, or salad bar food guards; display cases; or other effective means. Since the display basket is made of bread and only replaced on a 3 month basis it never undergoes cleaning and is not durable or easy to clean either. Consider substituting a container which can be cleaned and examined for cleanliness daily.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-LIDO - BEVERAGE STATION
Violation: THE DISPENSING LEVERS FOR THE WATER AND ICE DISPENSERS AT EACH BEVERAGE STATION WERE A DESIGN WHERE THE LIP-CONTACT SURFACE OF THE DRINKING CUP TOUCHED THAT LEVER. CUSTOMERS REFILLED THERE CUPS AT THESE STATIONS, AND THERE WAS NO POSTED SIGN RESTRICTING THE PRACTICE OR STAFF MONITORING.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.6 Procedures for second portions and refills shall be as follows: (1) Except for refilling a consumer's drinking cup or container without contact between the pouring utensil and the lip-contact area of the drinking cup or container, food employees may not use tableware, including single-service articles, soiled by the consumer, to provide second portions or refills. (2) Except as specified below, self-service consumers may not be allowed to use soiled tableware, including single-service articles, to obtain additional food from the display and serving equipment.
Item No.: 20
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY-DECK 5, COLD PANTRY
Violation: SOFT PEELING SEALANT WAS NOTED ON THE BACK GUARD OF THE SLICER.
Recommendation: 7.4.1.1.2 Materials that are used in the construction of multiuse utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be: (1) Durable, corrosion-resistant, and nonabsorbent; (2) Sufficient in weight and thickness to withstand repeated warewashing; (3) Finished to have a smooth, easily cleanable surface; and (4) Resistant to pitting, chipping, crazing, scratching, scoring, distortion, and decomposition.
Item No.: 21
Site: Other-LIDO GALLEY
Violation: THE UPPER AND LOWER DOORS DID NOT CLOSE TIGHTLY IN THE UPRIGHT HOT HOLDING CABINET 0220.551.55.58.
Recommendation: 6.3.2.2.3 Nonfood-contact equipment shall be maintained in good repair and proper adjustment including: (2) Equipment components such as doors, seals, hinges, fasteners, and kick plates shall be kept intact, tight, and adjusted in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
Item No.: 21
Site: Other-CREW GALLEY - HOT GALLEY
Violation: A SMALL GAP WAS NOTED AT THE UNDERSIDE FRONT EDGE OF THE VENTILATION HOODS AND THIS AREA WAS FILLED WITH GREASE. THIS GAP MADE THE AREA DIFFICULT TO CLEAN.
Recommendation: 7.4.2.2.6 Nonfood-contact surfaces shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 22
Site: Other-SEVEN SEAS DISHWASH
Violation: DURING ACTIVE USE, THE DISHWASH UNIT'S FINAL RINSE CURTAIN WAS SOILED.
Recommendation: 7.5.4.1.2 A warewashing machine; the compartments of sinks, basins, or other receptacles used for washing and rinsing equipment, utensils, or raw foods, or laundering wiping cloths; and drainboards shall be cleaned: (1) Before use; (2) Throughout the day at a frequency necessary to prevent recontamination of equipment and utensils and to ensure that the equipment performs its intended function; and (3) If used, at least every 24 hours.
Item No.: 25
Site: Other-LIDO - BUFFET
Violation: AT LEAST THREE WET WIPING CLOTHS WERE SET ON THE CENTER WAITER STATION COUNTER BETWEEN USES. THIS WAS THE ONLY WAITER STATION WHERE A SANITIZING BUCKET WAS OBSERVED. THE SANITIZING SOLUTION WAS AT 100-150 PPM, BUT NO CLOTHS WERE STORED INSIDE.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.4.2 Wiping cloths shall be restricted to the following: (2) Cloths used for wiping food spills shall be dry and used for wiping food spills from tableware and single-service articles or wet and cleaned, stored in a chemical sanitizer, and used for wiping spills from food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment.
Item No.: 26
Site: Other-LIDO - DISHWASH STARBOARD
Violation: A FEW PREVIOUSLY CLEANED PLATES WERE FOUND SOILED WITH FOOD RESIDUE ON THE CLEAN STORAGE RACK.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.1 Food shall only contact surfaces of equipment and utensils that are cleaned and sanitized.
Item No.: 26
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY-DECK 5, COLD PANTRY
Violation: THE FOOD SPLASH ZONE AND COLLAR WERE SOILED ON THE FLOOR MIXER. THE MIXER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CLEANED.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.1 Food shall only contact surfaces of equipment and utensils that are cleaned and sanitized.
Item No.: 26
Site: Other-MAIN GALLEY-DECK 5
Violation: THE SOUP STATION FLOOR MIXER'S FOOD SPLASH ZONE WAS SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS. THE MIXER HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CLEANED.
Recommendation: 7.3.3.4.1 Food shall only contact surfaces of equipment and utensils that are cleaned and sanitized.
Item No.: 27
Site: Other-CREW GALLEY
Violation: THE GAP ON THE UNDERSIDE FRONT EDGE OF THE HOT GALLEY VENTILATION HOODS WAS SOILED WITH GREASE.
Recommendation: 7.5.5.1.3 Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 30
Site: Other-FOOD SERVICE GENERAL
Violation: IN NEARLY ALL CATERING AREAS MANY OF THE COROMATIC MECHANICAL PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS MALFUNCTIONED, SO THE PAPER TOWEL SECTIONS DID NOT AUTO ADVANCE TO THE USER AS DESIGNED. THE POSTED INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED THE USER TO MANUALLY ADVANCE THE PAPER WITH A SMALL WHEEL INSTALLED ON THE SIDE OF THE DISPENSER. ONCE ADVANCED AND A NEW PAPER TOWEL SECTION WAS REMOVED THE USER HAD TO CONTINUE MANUAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH HANDLING THE WHEEL SECTION. IN MOST MALFUNCTIONING PAPER TOWEL DISPENSERS THERE WAS OBVIOUS FOOD RESIDUE OR DIRT SOIL ALONG THE HANDLING SIDE SECTION OF THESE DISPENSER, WHICH CAUSED USERS TO CONTAMINATE HANDS AS PART OF THE CLEANING PROCESS.
Recommendation: 7.7.1.3.2 Handwashing facilities shall be kept clean and in good repair. The paper towel dispenser malfunctioned and did not dispense towels as it was designed to.
Item No.: 33
Site: Other-LIDO BUFFET
Violation: THE DECKHEAD ABOVE THE CENTER SECTION OF THE TWO HOT BUFFETS WAS SOILED WITH FOOD DEBRIS.
Recommendation: 7.7.4.2.1 Decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, shall be cleaned as often as necessary.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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