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Cruise Ship:   Resilient Lady 
Cruise Line:   Virgin Voyages 
 
VSP Operations Manual Section:  4.2.1.1.1


Manual Requirement: Ensure the master, medical staff, or other designated staff of a vessel destined for a U.S. port from a foreign port submits at least one standardized AGE report based on the number of reportable cases in the AGE log to VSP no less than 24 hours?but not more than 36 hours?before the vessel?s expected arrival at the U.S. port.

Request: Submit 24-hour report upon departure from Bimini when sailing directly from Bimini to Miami.

Status:  Approved

Summary:Submit 24-hour report upon departure from Bimini when sailing directly from Bimini to Miami.
 
VSP Operations Manual Section:  6.8.1.1.1


Manual Requirement: Provide safety signs for all RWFs, except for baby-only water facilities. Ensure the signs, at a minimum, include the following words: (1) do not use these facilities if you are experiencing diarrhea, vomiting, or fever; (2) no children in diapers or who are not toilet trained; (3) shower before entering the facility; and (4) bather load #. For children?s RWF signs, include the exact wording ?TAKE CHILDREN ON FREQUENT BATHROOM BREAKS? or ?TAKE CHILDREN ON FREQUENT TOILET BREAKS.?

Request: Exclude references to children and children in diapers from recreational water facility safety signs.

Status:  Approved

Summary:Exclude references to children and children in diapers from recreational water facility safety signs.
 
VSP Operations Manual Section:  7.2.1.2.1


Manual Requirement: Ensure the supervisor or person in charge of food operations on the vessel monitors that: (1) Food operations are not conducted in a room used as living or sleeping quarters; (2) Persons unnecessary to the food operation are not allowed in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. (3) Employees and other persons such as delivery and maintenance persons and pesticide applicators entering the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas comply with the guidelines in this manual; (4) Food employees are effectively cleaning their hands; (5) Employees are observing foods as they are received to determine that they are from approved sources, delivered at the required temperatures, protected from contamination, unadulterated, and accurately presented; (6) Employees are properly cooking potentially hazardous food, being particularly careful in cooking foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, such as eggs and comminuted meats; (7) Employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool potentially hazardous foods that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours; (8) Consumers who order raw or partially cooked ready-to-eat foods of animal origin are informed that the food is not cooked sufficiently to ensure its safety; (9) Employees are properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils before they are reused; (10) Consumers are notified that clean tableware is to be used when they return to self-service areas such as salad bars and buffets; (11) Employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment; (12) Employees are properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties; (13) Food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the supervisor or person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food.

Request: Conduct a 30 minute galley tour on deck 6 with max 15 passengers per group.

Status:  Approved

Summary:Conduct a 30 minute galley tour.
 
VSP Operations Manual Section:  7.2.1.2.1


Manual Requirement: Ensure the supervisor or person in charge of food operations on the vessel monitors that: (1) Food operations are not conducted in a room used as living or sleeping quarters; (2) Persons unnecessary to the food operation are not allowed in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. (3) Employees and other persons such as delivery and maintenance persons and pesticide applicators entering the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas comply with the guidelines in this manual; (4) Food employees are effectively cleaning their hands; (5) Employees are observing foods as they are received to determine that they are from approved sources, delivered at the required temperatures, protected from contamination, unadulterated, and accurately presented; (6) Employees are properly cooking potentially hazardous food, being particularly careful in cooking foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, such as eggs and comminuted meats; (7) Employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool potentially hazardous foods that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours; (8) Consumers who order raw or partially cooked ready-to-eat foods of animal origin are informed that the food is not cooked sufficiently to ensure its safety; (9) Employees are properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils before they are reused; (10) Consumers are notified that clean tableware is to be used when they return to self-service areas such as salad bars and buffets; (11) Employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment; (12) Employees are properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties; (13) Food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the supervisor or person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food.

Request: Conduct interactive food and beverage experiences onboard in compliance with monitored hygiene, handwashing, and food preparation procedures. Variations include: Plate Snap Eat, Healthy Demo, Let's Get Choco-lit, Rice Rice Baby Demo, Mushroom Demo, Meat & Cheese If You Please, Malt & Majesty, Shaken & Stirred, Shot 4 Shot, Dip It Real Good, Let's Get Frosted.

Status:  Approved

Summary:Conduct interactive food and beverage experiences onboard in compliance with monitored hygiene, handwashing, and food preparation procedures.
 
Vessel Sanitation Program