That s because the CDC has no authority to correct any of the issues. The CDC s Vessel Sanitation Pr

According to a report by the CDC s   Vessel Sanitation Program, the cruise ship Silver Shadow was cited repeatedly for using an organized effort to remove 15 trolleys of food from the ship s galley to individual crew cabins to avoid inspection.
The snap inspection of the Silver Shadow on June 17 in Skagway, reno casino hotels Alaska, was conducted after an anonymous crew member sent still photographs to the CDC showing meat in crew cabin sinks and trays of food in the corridors in the hallways outside those cabins.
In its advertisements Silversea Cruises, the cruise line that owns the Silver Shadow, emphasizes luxury and what it calls a world class culinary experience. The company said its ships have an average passenger load of a little more than 300 compared reno casino hotels to some cruise lines with ships that carry anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000 passengers.
Adriano reno casino hotels Colonna, who had a 40-day contract to serve as a pastry chef on the vessel, said a trolley full of salami and even unrefrigerated blue cheese was stored in crew cabins. reno casino hotels Colonna said food was hidden night after night to avoid health inspections.
A spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale-based Silversea reno casino hotels Cruises, Ltd. e-mailed CNN prior to the public posting of the CDC score, stating that the firm was deeply disappointed in the outcome of the inspection. In fact, Gina Finocchiaro said the final grade was an 84, although it actually turned out to be 82.
Finocchiaro said the Silver Shadow inspection last month in Alaska was an anomaly. Neither she nor anyone else at the company responded to questions from CNN asking whether any employees were disciplined.
Jim Walker a Miami-based lawyer who specializes in filing lawsuits against cruise lines for injury and wrongful termination said that, in his experience, reno casino hotels   it s common for cruise ships to hide food from government inspectors.
According to the CDC final report, its inspectors poured chlorine liquid over the discarded food on board the Silver Shadow reno casino hotels to prevent any of it from being re-used. Other than a promise to correct actions that led to the problems, the owners of the ship were not fined, nor was the ship stopped from proceeding on its scheduled trip along Alaska s Inland Passage to Juneau.
That s because reno casino hotels the CDC has no authority reno casino hotels to correct any of the issues. The CDC s Vessel Sanitation Program employs inspectors from the U.S. Public Health Serviceand, even though it s a considered a regulatory program, it only has the authority to ask the cruise line to correct its actions.
VSP requires all ships to submit corrective action statements for deficiencies, the program states on its website. VSP does not verify that the deficiencies have been corrected until after conducting the next vessel inspection or re-inspection.
This year, six cruise ships, including the Silver Shadow, have received failing grades by the CDC,   according to its database. That s three times more than the number of cruise ships that failed inspections in 2012.
The Costa Concordia hit a reef off the coast of Italy in January 2012, killing 32 people. Then there was February s Carnival Triumph cruise, which experienced an engine fire in the control room that led to a loss of electrical power for five days.
Silversea Cruises was not included in the survey, which survey measured seven factors that affect a customer s experience: service, state of the room, food, the efficiency of boarding and departing on the ship, entertainment, cost and excursions.