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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inspects cruise ships to see if they have sanitary issues that could put passengers at risk of getting sick.
The vast majority of ships receive passing grades of at least 86 out of 100 points, but a handful have failed.
The lowest inspection score the CDC has given is 36.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) inspects cruise ships to see if they have sanitary issues that could put passengers at risk of getting sick.
The vast majority of ships receive passing grades of at least 86 out of 100 points, but a handful have failed for reasons like storing food at improper temperatures and not having sufficient procedures for handling drinking water. The 10 lowest-scoring inspections the CDC has ever conducted fall between 1995 and 2017, though six of them happened over 10 years ago.
These are the 10 lowest inspection scores the CDC has ever given a cruise ship.
Violations: Improper food storage, storing clean and dirty kitchen equipment together, dirty kitchen equipment, cockroaches found in food-preparation areas
T9. Stad Amsterdam (2006)
Cruise line: Rederij Clipper Stad Amsterdam
Date of inspection: April 8, 2006
Inspection score: 62
Violations: Improper handling of potable water, lack of equipment and procedures needed to ensure quality of potable water, improper food storage
T7. Grande Caribe
Cruise line: Blount Small Ship Adventures
Date of inspection: July 13, 1998
Inspection score: 61
Violations: A lack of backflow-prevention equipment between potable and non-potable water systems, improper food storage, storing dirty and clean food-preparation equipment together
