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Cruise Ship: Island Princess Cruise Line: Princess Cruises Inspection Date: 03/30/2011 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.: 11
Site: Medical-Reporting by Food Employee
Violation: A junior waiter reported to work on 21 March at 05:45 and had an onset of gastrointestinal illness symptoms at 07:00. According to his supervisor, he was sent to his cabin to call the medical center. According to his gastrointestinal illness questionnaire, he went to the crew mess at 11:15, and did not report to the medical center until 17:15.
Recommendation: Ensure that food employees who have conditions or symptoms of boils, open sores, infected wounds, diarrhea, jaundice, fever, vomiting, sore throat with fever, or discharges from the nose or mouth report these conditions or symptoms to the vessel's medical staff and are restricted from working with exposed food, warewashing, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. Ensure crew members report to the medical center as soon as gastrointestinal illness symptoms appear.
Item No.: 21
Site: Buffet-Officer's Mess
Violation: There was raw wood in the technical compartment below the handwash station. There were also seams along the back where the wood met the bulkhead.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that require frequent cleaning are constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 22
Site: Pantry-Trident Grill
Violation: There was no data plate on the warewash machine.
Recommendation: Ensure that warewashing machines are provided with an easily accessible and readable data plate affixed to the machine by the manufacturer that indicates the machine's design and operating specifications including the: (1) Temperatures required for washing, rinsing, and sanitizing; (2) Pressure required for the fresh water sanitizing rinse; and (3) Conveyor speed for conveyor machines or cycle time for stationary rack machines.
Item No.: 27
Site: Bar-Ice Cream
Violation: The technical compartment for the ice cream freezer was soiled on the bottom and the right side.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 27
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: The cylinder deck penetration in the middle of technical compartment 052326B/T5230 was soiled where it met the deck and at the top. It appeared to be mold on the top of the cylinder.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 27
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: The cylinder deck penetration in the middle of technical compartment 052330B/T5230 was soiled where it met the deck, at the top, and around the valves. It appeared to be mold at the top of the cylinder and on the valves.
Recommendation: Ensure that nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 29
Site: Galley-Deck 6 - Starboard Dishwash
Violation: There was ice in the three-faucet handwashing station outside the dishwash area.
Recommendation: Ensure that handwashing facilities are used for no other purpose and are accessible at all times.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: There were several cracked deck tiles in front of the cleaning locker and the undercounter warewash machine.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: There was an open bulkhead penetration inside technical compartment 052326D/T5230.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 12
Violation: There was water under the deck tiles between the two soup kettles.
Recommendation: Ensure that decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas, are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 36
Site: Buffet-Horizon Court Starboard Carving Station
Violation: The plastic coating on one of the heat lamp bulbs was peeling. This was corrected.
Recommendation: Ensure that light bulbs are shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant in areas where there is exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: There was one fly in technical compartment 052327D/T5230.
Recommendation: Ensure that the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is effectively controlled to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, service areas, warewashing, and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: There were at least 20 flies in technical compartment 052330B/T5230. On the previous inspection dated 21 October 2010, there were at least 10 flies in this technical compartment.
Recommendation: Ensure that the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is effectively controlled to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, service areas, warewashing, and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Garde Manger
Violation: There was one fly in technical compartment 052326B/T5230.
Recommendation: Ensure that the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is effectively controlled to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, service areas, warewashing, and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 39
Site: Pantry-Lotus
Violation: There were two flies in the pantry. The door to the pantry, which was on an open deck, was left open.
Recommendation: Ensure that the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests is effectively controlled to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, service areas, warewashing, and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 40
Site: Pantry-Lotus
Violation: There were two flies in the pantry. The door to the pantry, which was on an open deck, was left open.
Recommendation: Ensure that entry points where pests may enter the food areas are protected.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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