Carnival scores on health test. Cunard? Not so much

It’s Carnival Cruise Lines day in the sun for CDC health inspection scores today as two Carnival ships both received a perfect score on the same day.  Ordinarily, we might not think much of that but lately it’s been bad news about health inspections for some other lines.   First, the release from Carnival today:

“For the first time, two Carnival Cruise Lines ships earned 100 scores during United States Public Health (U.S.P.H.) inspections on the same day.
Carnival Glory and Carnival Paradise each earned perfect marks during inspections held yesterday in New York and Long Beach, Calif., respectively.
Both vessels received 100 scores on all 42 items that comprise the U.S.P.H.’s comprehensive Vessel Sanitation Program checklist. The unannounced inspections, which are conducted twice a year and required for any cruise ship with an international itinerary calling at a U.S. port, evaluate vessels in a wide variety of areas, including adherence to proper food handling, preparation and storage procedures, and overall galley cleanliness. Ships’ potable water supplies used in spas and pools are evaluated, as well.”

That’s pretty cool.
Sorry we can’t say the same for sloppy Cunard Line who’s multi-star cuisine got a poor score recently.  Their announcement went a little bit like this as reported by the UK’s Daily Echo:

“The company is confident failings of this nature will not occur again, and the ship’s VSP scores in future will return to the customary consistently high level.’’

Not cool.  They’ll fix it.  They are Cunard.
But I thought it interesting that they also check the potable water supplies used in spas and pools. Did you catch that?   Surely they check the water on the way in, not the way out?