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Cruise Ship: Carnival Firenze Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. Inspection Date: 01/12/2026 Inspection Score: 98
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.: 02
Site: Medical-Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) Log
Violation: The Excel version of the AGE log did not include a Comments/Notes column, as specified in the VSP 2025 Environmental Public Health Standards.
Recommendation: Ensure the AGE surveillance log includes a Comments/Notes column as specified in the AGE template located at https://www.cdc.gov/vessel sanitation/php/communication resources/index.html.
Item No.: 20
Site: Buffet-Deck 0 - Combination Ovens
Violation: Water leaked from the door of the bottom right combination oven.
Recommendation: Maintain food-contact equipment in good repair and proper adjustment: (1) Equipment must be maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the materials, design, construction, and operation specifications of these standards.
Item No.: 20
Site: Galley-Deck 3 - Soup Station
Violation: Water dripped from the technical compartment into the scupper drain from the second from the right soup kettle. The source was not identified during the inspection.
Recommendation: Maintain food-contact equipment in good repair and proper adjustment: (1) Equipment must be maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the materials, design, construction, and operation specifications of these standards.
Item No.: 21
Site: Dining Room-Deck 3 - Aft Dining Room Starboard Pantry
Violation: An open seam was in between the countertop grouting and the soup station.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and are designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 21
Site: Food Service General-Countertops
Violation: The grout used for countertops in counter seams, around legs of counter-mounted equipment, and around hot plates in multiple food locations was grainy and not smooth, making it difficult to clean.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that require frequent cleaning are constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-Deck 10 - Center Galley
Violation: The deck grout had receded from the steel drain basin under the hot grills, creating a difficult to clean seam.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and are designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 21
Site: Galley-Deck 11 - Il Mercato Show Galley
Violation: Two gaps were in the grout between the back bulkhead and counter backsplash.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and are designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 21
Site: Bar-Deck 5 - Toscani Bar
Violation: One undercounter cabinet door panel was gouged, making it difficult to clean.
Recommendation: Ensure nonfood-contact surfaces are free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and are designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance.
Item No.: 26
Site: Pantry-Deck 5 - Toscani Bar Pantry
Violation: The ice machine's internal ice chute was soiled with a black slimy residue.
Recommendation: Ensure food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 26
Site: Pantry-Deck 8 - Forward Starboard Ice Machine
Violation: Sticker residue was on the ice thickness sensor. The machine was taken out of service and the thickness sensor was cleaned.
Recommendation: Ensure food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are clean to sight and touch.
Item No.: 27
Site: Buffet-Deck 0 - Team Dining Two Hot Line
Violation: The previously cleaned exhaust hood overhang was soiled with grease.
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-Deck 5 - Fahrenheit 555 Dishwash
Violation: The previously cleaned and sanitized undercounter lip of the dish counter was soiled with grease. The area was not in service.
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-Deck 5 - Il Viaggio
Violation: The hot holding cabinet's door magnets were soiled with an accumulation of rust.
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: Food Service General-Countertops
Violation: Food debris and discoloration soiled the countertop grout in multiple food locations including the Lido buffet lines and Lido beverage stations.
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-Deck 3 - Aft Service Line
Violation: More than a day's accumulation of dust soiled the exhaust hood overhang.
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-Deck 10 - Dishwashing Area
Violation: A crew member was observed using a towel to dry wet plastic cups instead of allowing them to fully air dry. The crew member was retrained.
Recommendation: After cleaning and sanitizing, ensure equipment and utensils are air dried or adequately drained before contact with food.
Item No.: 33
Site: Pantry-Deck 0 - Crew Bar
Violation: The bulkhead to the right of the ice machine was soiled.
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-Deck 0 - Walk-In Freezer Room 24
Violation: A thick layer of ice covered the bottom of the deckhead light fixture behind the condenser. This was corrected and cleaned.
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-Deck 0 - Walk-In Freezer Room 24
Violation: An open seam was in between the two deckhead panels to the right of the condenser.
Recommendation: Ensure decks, bulkheads, and deckheads in food preparation, warewashing, pantries, and storage areas are maintained in good repair.
Item No.: 39
Site: Galley-Deck 5 - Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse
Violation: Two flies were present: one fruit fly in the hot galley and one house fly on the biodigestor.
Recommendation: Effectively control the presence of insects, rodents, and other pests to minimize their presence in food areas.
*Inspections scores of 85 or lower are NOT satisfactory
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