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Cruise Ship: Grand Princess Cruise Line: Princess Cruises Inspection Date: 12/10/2014 Inspection Score: 94
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: *General Comments-Potable and Recreational Water Systems
Violation: The staff and crew of these important public health areas of the ship are commended for outstanding compliance with the requirements of the VSP Operations Manual during today's inspection.
Recommendation:
Item No.: 02
Site: Medical-AGE Log Completion
Violation: On Voyage # AP1436P, on 08 NOV, three successive passengers were recorded in the AGE log without a temperature being recorded.
Recommendation: Ensure the AGE surveillance log entry for each passenger or crew member contain the following information in separate columns: (13) illness symptoms, including the presence or absence of the following selected signs and symptoms, with a separate column for each of the following: (d) recorded temperature.
Item No.: 08
Site: Bar-Deck 7 - Crooner's Bar
Violation: The water supply line connected to the carbonator had a backflow preventer leaking from the air relief holes indicating a possible failure.
Recommendation: Maintain backflow prevention devices in good repair.
Item No.: 08
Site: Bar-Deck 14 - Mermaid's Bar
Violation: The water supply line connected to the carbonator had a backflow preventer leaking from the air relief holes indicating a possible failure.
Recommendation: Maintain backflow prevention devices in good repair.
Item No.: 12
Site: Bar-Deck 14 - Mermaid's Bar
Violation: A passenger's refillable beverage cup was handled by the bartender with his bare hand. After the cup was returned to the passenger, the bartender's hands were not washed, This person washed his hands immediately when this possible source of contamination was discussed with the beverage manager and the bartender.
Recommendation: Ensure food employees clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and: (4) After handling soiled equipment or utensils.
Item No.: 15
Site: Provisions-Fruit Walk-in Refrigerator
Violation: Several of the cantaloupe found in two of the boxes stored in the walk-in refrigerator were visibly spoiled, with grey and black mold on the exterior surfaces, which had large and very soft patches of moisture where they were spoiled thru to the interior surfaces. Staff were instructed to inspect and discard the spoiled product.
Recommendation: Ensure food is safe and unadulterated. Separate and discard spoiled melons from those of good quality in storage.
Item No.: 16
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Sauce Station
Violation: A tomato sauce was in hot holding in a steam kettle as back-up to the buffet service where it was to go on time only as a public health control. The sauce temperature was between 129 and 130 F as measured by both the inspector and a ship's staff thermometer.
Recommendation: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control, maintain potentially hazardous foods at 57C (135F) or above, except that roasts may be held at a temperature of 54C (130F); or 5C (41F) or less.
Item No.: 19
Site: Buffet-Staff Mess Buffet
Violation: The napkins used to line the small wicker baskets of bread and rolls on the self-serve buffet line were not fully protective and some of the bread and rolls made contact with the sides of the wicker baskets.
Recommendation: Ensure staff line all interior wicker surfaces with napkins so there is no food contact with those surfaces.
Item No.: 20
Site: Galley-Deck 6 Main Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: In the starboard side, forward ice machines #1 and #3 the interior surfaces of the metal upper level cuber panels were not smooth and the metal appeared pitted. In the #1 machine (most forward) there was also a pink to purple color on the surface of the upper metal cuber panel. A brand new cuber panel was brought in to compare the metal surface, and staff stated the change evident in the used panels was typical.
Recommendation: Materials used in the construction of multiuse utensils and food contact surfaces of equipment must 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.: 20
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Bakery
Violation: Nearly all the loaf pans set on sheet pans and stacked on the soiled racks had loose and peeling non-stick surface material, particularly so along the entire perimeter of the top interior edge of each loaf pan. In some cases it was evident that lower interior surfaces were also peeling.
Recommendation: Design and construct food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Materials used in the construction of multiuse utensils and food contact surfaces of equipment must 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. Use only nonscoring or nonscratching utensils and cleaning aids on multiuse kitchenware such as frying pans, griddles, sauce pans, cookie sheets, and waffle bakers that have a perfluorocarbon resin coating.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-Deck 6 Main Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: The insulation on the coolant piping which was under the different refrigerators below the long preparation counter was torn and damaged to a point that it could not be cleaned. Staff repaired the torn insulation during the inspection.
Recommendation: Ensure 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.: 21
Site: Buffet-Crew Mess - Beverage Station
Violation: The exterior ice dispensing button was missing on this in-use unit, and what remained was a torn plastic cover which was not smooth or easy to clean. Staff reviewed a replacement order which specified the entire unit was to be replaced on 16 December, 2014.
Recommendation: Design and construct nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions. Ensure 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.: 21
Site: Galley-Deck 12 Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: There was a gap at the lower, leftmost door of the 3 door undercounter reach-in refrigerator when fully closed which allowed a set of folded papers to be passed from the outside to the inside of the refrigerator.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood contact equipment is maintained in good repair and proper adjustment including: (1) Equipment maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the materials, design, construction, and operation specifications of these guidelines; (2) Equipment components such as doors, seals, hinges, fasteners, and kick plates are kept intact, tight, and adjusted in accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-Deck 6 Main Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: The previously cleaned counter model slicer had a visible food debris wedged below and protruding out of the sealant along the lower seam of the backplate, where food contacts. The sealant at that position was removed to reveal an accumulation of debris under the sealant. Staff removed it from service to clean again.
Recommendation: Ensure food only contacts surfaces of equipment and utensils that are cleaned and sanitized. Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Pastry
Violation: One of three previously cleaned sauce dispensing funnels was found stored in a bin on the preparation counter with visible food debris on the lower interior surface and also on the lower interior lip at a seam.
Recommendation: Ensure food only contacts surfaces of equipment and utensils that are cleaned and sanitized. Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Bar-Deck 14 - Calypso Pool Bar
Violation: A soiled coffee cup was found on the warming shelf of the coffee machine in the pantry.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Bar-Deck 7 - Crooner's Bar
Violation: A soiled coffee cup was found in the bar pantry in a clean storage rack.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 33
Site: Other-Prego Pizzeria
Violation: Most of the deckhead square panels throughout the front preparation and service area were not fitted properly and gaps were present where the panels were not set in place, particularly at corners.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, bars, and food and equipment storage areas are constructed and maintained for easy cleaning. Do not use carpet in these areas.
Item No.: 33
Site: Bar-Deck 14 - Calypso Pool Bar
Violation: A deckhead hatch frame in the pantry had a constant leak of water from an unknown source onto the deck in the walkway area in front of the pre-mix soda cabinet. No food or food equipment was impacted by the leak. This problem had already been reported to the technical department for investigation and repairs,
Recommendation: Ensure deckheads in food preparation areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Pastry
Violation: There were several open screw holes noted in the deckhead surrounding an access hatch near the marble preparation counter, and there were two open screw holes in an adjacent metal cover on the deckhead. Staff repaired both hatches during the inspection.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, bars, and food and equipment storage areas are constructed and maintained for easy cleaning. Do not use carpet in these areas.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: There was a water leak from the seam between two deckhead panels just after entering walk-in refrigerator #5607.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair. Ensure 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-Deck 5 Main Galley - Fruit Pantry
Violation: There was a deckhead water leak near to the preparation counter opposite reach-in refrigerator #10.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair. Ensure decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 33
Site: Provisions-Fish Preparation Room
Violation: There was a water leak visible from the fire sprinkler fitted in the deckhead inside the fish holding walk-in refrigerator.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Room Service-Deck 12 Bell Box Galley
Violation: The deckhead mounted round AC supply vent cover was dripping water directly onto previously cleaned plate covers which were stacked and air-drying on the counter below. All the contaminated covers were immediately removed for re-washing.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair. Ensure decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 12 Galley - Garde Manger
Violation: One live fruit fly was observed circulating near two covered waste bins in the garde' manger.
Recommendation: Effectively control the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, and service areas and warewashing and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Pastry
Violation: Two live fruit flies were observed in the center section of this space, with one in a deckhead panel seam and another along a deckhead access hatch.
Recommendation: Effectively control the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, and service areas and warewashing and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 Main Galley - Bakery
Violation: Two live fruit flies were observed along the seam between deckhead panels in the port section of this space, near the counter and the baguette roller. The area was in active use at the time of inspection.
Recommendation: Effectively control the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests to minimize their presence in the food storage, preparation, and service areas and warewashing and utensil storage areas aboard a vessel.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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