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Cruise Ship: Rhapsody of the Seas Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International Inspection Date: 07/02/1997 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.: 4
Site: Other-FOOD PREP AREAS
Violation: Continuous pressure backflow preventers, such as the Watts N-9 type shall be provided in the potable water lines with hoses connected to them for all combi ovens.
Recommendation: Backflow preventers must be properly installed and maintained in good repair at all times to assure reliable operation.
Item No.: 6
Site: Other-WHIRLPOOL SPAS
Violation: The brominator was not operating on a continuous injection mode due to an airlock. The initial free halogen residual measured in the spa was 0.1 ppm.
Recommendation: Whirlpool, spa and hot tub water must be filtered and a free halogen residual of 2.0-5.0 ppm must be maintained.
Item No.: 11
Site: Other-DECK #5 MAIN GALLEY
Violation: Refrigerator #R-517 was found with an internal ambient air temperature of 61oF. Also, plated salad was found with an internal product temperature of 61oF.
Recommendation: Refrigerators used to store potentially hazardous foods must be maintained at 40oF (4.5oC) at all times to assure that potentially hazardous foods stored therein stabilize at or below 45oF (7oC).
Item No.: 11
Site: Other-DECK #5 HOT GALLEY
Violation: Small containers of leftover cooked mashed potatoes and pasta were found stored in refrigerator #R-518 with an internal product temperature of 51oF and 49oF respectively.
Recommendation: Potentially hazardous food must be refrigerated in a manner that promotes rapid cooling. Such foods prepared in large volumes or quantities can be rapidly cooled utilizing such methods as shallow pans, agitation, quick chilling in freezer units, or ice baths external to the food container. The use of blast freezers are very effective in reducing temperatures quickly.
Item No.: 17
Site: Other-DECK #5 MAIN GALLEY
Violation: One ice scoop was found lying in a bin of ice with the handle contacting the ice.
Recommendation: Ice dispensing utensils shall be stored on a clean surface, on hooks fastened to the interior or exterior of the ice machine, on retractable devices attached to the bulkhead or deckhead, or in the ice with the handle extended out of the ice.
Item No.: 17
Site: Other-BARS - GENERAL
Violation: Three ice bins were found with ice scoops in contact with the ice.
Recommendation: Ice dispensing utensils shall be stored on a clean surface, on hooks fastened to the interior or exterior of the ice machine, on retractable devices attached to the bulkhead or deckhead, or in the ice with the handle extended out of the ice.
Item No.: 21
Site: Other-DECK #5 ICE TEA/SODA STAT
Violation: A seam existed between the cabinet and the bulkhead.
Recommendation: Surfaces of equipment not intended for contact with food, but which are exposed to splash or food debris or which otherwise require frequent cleaning, shall be designed and fabricated to be smooth, washable, free of unnecessary ledges, projections, or crevices, and readily accessible for cleaning, and shall be of such material and in such repair as to be easily maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
Item No.: 28
Site: Other-DECK #5 POT WASH
Violation: Some soiled equipment was stored in the sanitize compartment of the 3 compartment sink prior to washing.
Recommendation: To prevent cross-contamination, soiled pots, pans, utensils and other food contact surfaces of equipment should not be stored in the sanitizing sink of the 3 compartment sink.
Item No.: 34
Site: Other-DECK #4 FISH STATION
Violation: The handsink water activator was missing from the faucet.
Recommendation: Handwashing facilities must be maintained in good repair and located to permit easy use by food service personnel in food preparation areas. No food handler shall have to walk a distance of more than 25-feet to reach a station.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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