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Cruise Ship: Jewel of the Seas Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International Inspection Date: 04/16/2017 Inspection Score: 95
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.: 08
Site: Other-Engine Control Room
Violation: The espresso machine had no backflow prevention device.
Recommendation: Install a continuous pressure-type backflow preventer when a valve is located downstream from the backflow preventer.
Item No.: 10
Site: Recreational Water Facilities-Charts
Violation: The RWF charts were scaled 0 to 100. New charts scaled for halogen and pH were ordered per staff.
Recommendation: RWF charts should be scaled for both halogen and pH levels.
Item No.: 19
Site: Other-Engine Control Room
Violation: The ECR had a large (taller than 5 feet) household refrigerator with milk and yogurt. Staff stated that they used to have a small refrigerator.
Recommendation: It is acceptable to have a small non-NSF refrigerator for storage of foods. It is acceptable to have a coffee machine, pot for hot water, packaged condiments, and other general coffee supplies. However, anything beyond this should be stored in a location built to food area standards.
Item No.: 19
Site: Provisions-Beer / Soda / Champagne
Violation: Deck stand feet were resting against boxes of soda. The deck stand was immediately repositioned.
Recommendation: Protect food from contamination by storing the food: (3) Where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination.
Item No.: 20
Site: Buffet-Windjammer - Port Beverage Station
Violation: The underside panel of two soda dispensers was peeling. Another underside panel was missing, and the slotted fasteners were covered with a food-grade silicone.
Recommendation: Design and construct food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils to be durable and to retain their characteristic qualities under normal use conditions.
Item No.: 21
Site: Bar-Solarium Bar
Violation: Below the coffee machine the two cords were laying on the counter, making cleaning difficult. The counter was wet below these cords.
Recommendation: Elevate the cords above the counter.
Item No.: 22
Site: Preparation Room-
Violation: The temperature gauge for undercounter refrigerator R-02-03/B was difficult to read. The glass was cloudy and there was some green debris behind the glass.
Recommendation: Maintain warewashing equipment in good repair and proper adjustment, including: (1) warewashing equipment is maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the standards of the materials, design, and construction of these guidelines; (2) water pressure and water temperature-measuring devices are maintained in good repair and accurate within the intended range of use.
Item No.: 22
Site: Galley-Deck 4 - Dishwash
Violation: Some coffee carafes were coming through the dishwash machine tipped on their sides. This prevented proper washing and sanitizing of all surfaces.
Recommendation: Ensure soiled items to be cleaned in a warewashing machine are loaded into racks, trays, or baskets or onto conveyors in a position that (1) exposes the items to the unobstructed spray from all cycles; (2) allows the items to drain. Ensure the washing procedures selected are based on the type and purpose of the equipment or utensil and on the type of soil to be removed.
Item No.: 25
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Hot Line
Violation: Inside the bucket of sanitizing solution, the top portion of the wiping cloth was dry and floating on top of the solution, while the remainder of the cloth was inside the solution. It appeared the cloth was large and not able to be fully submerged in the half-filled bucket of solution. A second cloth was also in the bucket.
Recommendation: Restrict wiping cloths to the following: (2) Cloths used for wiping food spills are 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: Galley-Deck 4 - Dishwash
Violation: One coffee carafe had food debris on the inside. Carafes were coming through the dishwash machine tipped on their sides.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-Deck 4 - Potwash
Violation: Three clean colander pans were stacked together in the secondary clean storage area. Water was inside the bottom two pans. Food soil was inside the lower pan.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-Windjammer
Violation: Numerous bowls inside a warewash rack in the clean storage area were tightly stacked, which prevented proper air drying. Some bowls had food soil on the inside.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Galley-
Violation: The left plastic ice cuber deflector was slightly soiled with debris.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 27
Site: Bar-Solarium Bar
Violation: The counter below and behind the coffee machine was heavily soiled with dust and coffee grounds. The machine was portable, but was heavy and difficult to move. Also, the machine was less than three inches (75 mm) above the counter and a support beam was on the left side of the counter. All which made it difficult to clean this area.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 27
Site: Other-Engine Control Room
Violation: The counter under the espresso machine was heavily soiled with coffee grounds, water, and debris.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 27
Site: Galley-Windjammer
Violation: Numerous bowls inside a warewash rack in the clean storage area were tightly stacked, which prevented proper air drying. Some bowls had food soil on the outside.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 27
Site: Buffet-Windjammer - Starboard Beverage Station
Violation: Inside the second to left undercounter technical compartment below the coffee machine, the syrup pump was leaking water and pooling on the bottom of the compartment.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 28
Site: Galley-Windjammer
Violation: Numerous bowls inside a warewash rack in the clean storage area were tightly stacked, which prevented proper air drying. It was difficult for the inspection team to remove bowls from the rack. Some bowls had food soil on the inside and outside.
Recommendation: Store clean equipment and utensils in a self-draining position that allows air drying, and covered or inverted.
Item No.: 28
Site: Galley-Windjammer - Warewash Area
Violation: About 10 clean green bowls were stored upright on the shelf at the clean end of the dishwash machine, and were not protected from contamination.
Recommendation: Store clean equipment and utensils in a self-draining position that allows air drying, and covered or inverted.
Item No.: 28
Site: Provisions-Frozen Fish
Violation: Outside the frozen fish room, a house fly was on the water fountain.
Recommendation: Store cleaned equipment and utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles: (1) in a clean, dry location; (2) in a location where they are not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination.
Item No.: 28
Site: Galley-Deck 4 - Potwash
Violation: Three clean colander pans were stacked together in the secondary clean storage area. Water was inside the bottom two pans. Food soil was inside the lower pan. Also, two other clean pans were wet and stacked together.
Recommendation: Reassemble equipment so food-contact surfaces are not contaminated. Store clean equipment and utensils in a self-draining position that allows air drying, and covered or inverted.
Item No.: 28
Site: Galley-
Violation: Inside the dishwash machine above the clean end, the fan coil was heavily soiled with grease.
Recommendation: Store cleaned equipment and utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles: (1) in a clean, dry location; (2) in a location where they are not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination.
Item No.: 33
Site: Preparation Room-
Violation: Water was inside and dripping from the light fixture in front of the handwash station.
Recommendation: 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: Bar-Pool Bar
Violation: Behind the ice machine, masking tape was used to align the water inlet pipe to the pipe at the bulkhead. When the tape was removed, a gap was between the two pipes where they did not fully come together.
Recommendation: Remove the tape and profile the two pipes.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Deck 4 - Crew Message Boards
Violation: The crew message boards were soiled with more than one day's accumulation. In the pastry, adhesive residue was along the front lower edge. In the cold pantry, the top and bottom areas were soiled with dust. Outside the pastry near the ice machine, the front lower edge was soiled with dust.
Recommendation: 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-Frozen Vegetables
Violation: A container of apple juice concentrate had leaked through the cardboard box and onto the deck.
Recommendation: 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-Izumi Service Area
Violation: Three large canvas prints were on the back bulkhead. The lower side edges had become loose from the backing. These prints were not considered hard, durable, and easily cleanable.
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. Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Buffet-Windjammer - Hot Lines
Violation: Excess grease accumulated on the inside of all rolling shutters and on the deckhead shutter boxes. Staff stated this area was cleaned every two weeks.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, deckheads, and attached equipment in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are cleaned as often as necessary.
Item No.: 34
Site: Galley-Windjammer - Warewash Area
Violation: The handwash station faucet was continuously dripping.
Recommendation: Ensure a plumbing system in a food area is maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 40
Site: Bar-Pool Bar
Violation: Inside the area with the cleaning locker, the red door leading from the pantry to the open deck had a 25 mm gap on the top, side, and bottom. This gap did not prevent flies and other insects from entering the area.
Recommendation: Protect entry points where pests may enter the food areas.
Item No.: 40
Site: Integrated Pest Management-Training Records
Violation: IPM records documented the pest management activities of several crew members. No IPM training records could be found for the former provision master who accepted all provisions until 2 weeks ago and the crew member accepting the flowers.
Recommendation: Ensure the IPM Plan includes provisions for logs for active monitoring of pest sightings in operational areas of the vessel. Ensure the IPM plan includes provisions for training of crew members in charge of log completion. Record the time of the active monitoring inspections in the log.
Item No.: 42
Site: Children Area-3-5 Year Old
Violation: The toilet room was posted out of order since the previous evening. The toilet was soiled.
Recommendation: Clean and disinfect diaper changing, handwashing facilities, and toilet rooms daily and when soiled during use.
Item No.: 42
Site: Children Area-3-5 Year Old
Violation: When the far right red sofa cushion was removed, the area underneath the cushion was heavily soiled with dust and other debris.
Recommendation: Ensure surfaces of tables, chairs, and other furnishings that children touch with their hands are cleanable.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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