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MSC Cruises Has Just Posted the Following:
After a 7-8 hour inspection, USPHS officers informed the MSC Poesia's management that she was, together with MSC Lirica, the cleanest ship they had inspected and complimented the crew on their general understanding and use controls to avoid illness and contamination.
The score of 100 points achieved by MSC Poesia this week-end completes the impressive scores awarded to MSC Cruises' ships over the past ten years. The company's reputation as a top scorer is one of the highest in the cruise industry with MSC Lirica achieving three successive 100 points during her last seasons in the USA in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The inspection team of the Vessel Sanitation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), operating under the authority of the Public Health Service Act said the 100-point score was awarded because of the outstanding state of sanitation, safe food handling, and the general high level of understanding and compliance in the areas of food, water, air and general hygiene onboard MSC Poesia.
The CDC officers conducted intense inspections of the food provisioning, storage and preparation areas, the ship's laundry, bars, self-serve buffets, restaurants, warewashing machinery, room service operations, medical and children's centers, as well as its Integrated Pest Management Program, waste management, housekeeping and public area cleanliness, recreational and potable water protection and supply system, air purity controls, and the ship's general procedures to prevent or control illnesses such as Norovirus.
"Our guests often tell us that we have the best entertainment and the cleanest ships afloat," says Richard E. Sasso, president and CEO of MSC Cruises (USA). "We are extremely proud of our consistently top-rated scores from the USPHS inspectors as they are the results of MSC team efforts to make guests experiences the very best."
MSC Poesia's inspection results will be published today on the VSP website (http://www.cdc.gov/).
The US Public Health Service Department's Vessel Sanitation Program
The US Public Health Service is composed of an elite team of more than 6'000 highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the Nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programmes and advancing public health science.
The US Public Health Department's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), acting under the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), aims to assist the cruise ship industry to prevent and control the introduction, transmission and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships. Any ship in US waters carrying more than 13 passengers is subject to two random inspections per year. Final scores and results are then published on the VSP website and represent one of the deciding factors in the passengers' choice of a cruise ship.
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After a 7-8 hour inspection, USPHS officers informed the MSC Poesia's management that she was, together with MSC Lirica, the cleanest ship they had inspected and complimented the crew on their general understanding and use controls to avoid illness and contamination.
The score of 100 points achieved by MSC Poesia this week-end completes the impressive scores awarded to MSC Cruises' ships over the past ten years. The company's reputation as a top scorer is one of the highest in the cruise industry with MSC Lirica achieving three successive 100 points during her last seasons in the USA in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The inspection team of the Vessel Sanitation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), operating under the authority of the Public Health Service Act said the 100-point score was awarded because of the outstanding state of sanitation, safe food handling, and the general high level of understanding and compliance in the areas of food, water, air and general hygiene onboard MSC Poesia.
The CDC officers conducted intense inspections of the food provisioning, storage and preparation areas, the ship's laundry, bars, self-serve buffets, restaurants, warewashing machinery, room service operations, medical and children's centers, as well as its Integrated Pest Management Program, waste management, housekeeping and public area cleanliness, recreational and potable water protection and supply system, air purity controls, and the ship's general procedures to prevent or control illnesses such as Norovirus.
"Our guests often tell us that we have the best entertainment and the cleanest ships afloat," says Richard E. Sasso, president and CEO of MSC Cruises (USA). "We are extremely proud of our consistently top-rated scores from the USPHS inspectors as they are the results of MSC team efforts to make guests experiences the very best."
MSC Poesia's inspection results will be published today on the VSP website (http://www.cdc.gov/).
The US Public Health Service Department's Vessel Sanitation Program
The US Public Health Service is composed of an elite team of more than 6'000 highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the Nation's public health promotion and disease prevention programmes and advancing public health science.
The US Public Health Department's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), acting under the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), aims to assist the cruise ship industry to prevent and control the introduction, transmission and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships. Any ship in US waters carrying more than 13 passengers is subject to two random inspections per year. Final scores and results are then published on the VSP website and represent one of the deciding factors in the passengers' choice of a cruise ship.
Click here to view the article.