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Cruise Ship: Radiance of the Seas Cruise Line: Royal Caribbean International Inspection Date: 05/05/2017 Inspection Score: 100
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: Medical-Report Submission
Violation: There was no proof onboard that the 24-hour report sent on 3 May prior to arrival to Honolulu on 5 May was successfully received by VSP. The report was received by VSP. Medical staff demonstrated that they made reasonable efforts to get a confirmation of their submission.
Recommendation:
Item No.: 08
Site: Potable Water-Spa Thermal Suite
Violation: The list of backflow prevention devices included two Watts 9D for the supply lines to the Spa Thermal Suite. Upon inspection, only one was installed at the cold water line. Staff stated that a device would be installed on the hot water line.
Recommendation: Install a continuous pressure-type backflow preventer when a valve is located downstream from the backflow preventer.
Item No.: 08
Site: Galley-Deck 4
Violation: Above the trolley wash machine, the air gap below the backflow prevention device relief vent was not twice the diameter of the supply line or a minimum of 25 mm.
Recommendation: Ensure air gaps are at least twice the diameter of the delivery fixture opening and a minimum of 25 millimeters (1 inch).
Item No.: 10
Site: Recreational Water Facilities-Charts
Violation: The RWF charts were scaled 0-100 and not scaled for both 0-10 ppm halogen and 0-14 pH levels. Staff stated that new charts were ordered.
Recommendation: Ensure charts are scaled for both 0-10 ppm halogen and 0-14 pH levels.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-Deck 4
Violation: At the portside warewash area, the clean storage rack beside the handwash station had two holes where a metal V-shaped divider bar was missing.
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: Galley-Samba Grill
Violation: The red cart next to the ice machine had areas on the shelves that were difficult to clean. One large area appeared to have been melted.
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.: 22
Site: Galley-Deck 4
Violation: At the starboard dishwash machine, the third from the left upper auxiliary rinse nozzle produced a single stream of water. A crew member removed the spray arm and cleaned out all nozzles. This corrected the issue.
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.
Item No.: 26
Site: Buffet-Windjammer
Violation: Areas inside the large freshly squeezed orange juice machine were soiled with a white material. The machine had been cleaned and was not in use during the inspection.
Recommendation: Ensure food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 27
Site: Galley-Samba Grill
Violation: The red cart next to the ice machine was soiled along the back and side edges of the shelves.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment are kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Windjammer - Warewash Area
Violation: At the clean end of the warewash machines, the lock was missing on exit door 11-7-012, creating a hole.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Galley-Samba Grill
Violation: A large hole was in the bulkhead underneath the flat grill. Peeling silicone or tape was used to cover this hole.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 33
Site: Preparation Room-Walk-In Refrigerator
Violation: To the right of the evaporative condenser, thick black debris was in the deckhead seam and liquid was forming in areas along this seam.
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-Hot Galley
Violation: In front of the tilting kettles, portions of the deck were broken and some deck tile grout was missing or recessed.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 34
Site: Galley-Deck 5
Violation: Beside the drinking fountain, the handwash station faucet was continuously leaking.
Recommendation: Ensure a plumbing system in a food area is maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Samba Grill
Violation: A fly was near the handwash station beside the combination ovens.
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.: 40
Site: Integrated Pest Management-Training
Violation: The provision master inspecting and accepting provisions on the ship for the month of March was a new hire and had no IPM training documented. The most recent provision inspections of April were conducted by a trained provision master per IPM records.
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.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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