INSPECTORS from the US Centres for Disease
Control and Prevention marked the Carnival
Fascination with a fail mark in a surprise health
inspection performed in Feb, it has emerged.
According to USA Today, the 2,056-passenger
vessel received 84 out of 100 for the tests,
with anything below 86 considered a fail mark.
Problems found included uncovered food
preparation areas, dried food waste under
kitchen counters and a number of flies found.
A Carnival spokesman said the company’s
average health mark for the last five years
had been 97.2 out of 100, and that following
the result, “corrective action was taken
immediately, with several issues being
resolved during the inspection and all issues
resolved within 24 hours of the inspection”.
