EU legislation on food and potable water safety which could be potentially applied on board ferries and cruise ships: A comparison with US legislation

Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis; Christos Hadjichristodoulou; Persefoni Tserkezou; Varvara Mouchtouri; Jenny Kremastinou; Gordon Nichols

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EU legislation on food and potable water safety which could be potentially applied on board ferries and cruise ships: A comparison with US legislation

Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Persefoni Tserkezou, Varvara Mouchtouri, Jenny Kremastinou, Gordon Nichols

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The high number of people moving around by ferries and cruise ships in conjunction with great amounts of food and potable water transported (occasionally overloaded) and consumed by passengers constitute a possible risk for communicable diseases. Another issue of equally great importance is the food handlers who come from diverse origin and have a different mentality, habits, and background. In this paper an attempt is made to present comparatively EU and US legislation that could be potentially applicable to passenger ships food premises and potable water supplies. Moreover, food and water related hazards, not currently covered by EU legislation, were assessed together with US legislation and other guidelines for cruise ships.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	533-566
Number of pages	34
Journal	Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10408390802437121
Publication status	Published - Jun 2010

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Congress passed the Clean Vessel Act in 1994 (CVA) to help reduce pollution from vessel sewage discharges. The Act established a five-year federal grant program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and authorized $40 million from the Sport Fish Restoration Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund for use by the States. Federal funds can constitute up to 75% of all approved projects with the remaining funds provided by the States or marinas. The Clean Vessel Act provides a portion of its total funding for educational outreach regarding the effects of boater sewage and the means by which boaters can avoid improper sewage disposal. The first goal aims to inform boaters of the importance of proper boater sewage disposal. Launched in February 1995, the awareness campaign has reached thousands of boaters through magazines, newspapers, and television. Some representative points of the US Acts are given in Table 24.

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Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Cruise ships
EU legislation
Ferries
Food
Potable water
Safety
US legislation
VSP

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Arvanitoyannis, I. S., Hadjichristodoulou, C., Tserkezou, P., Mouchtouri, V., Kremastinou, J., & Nichols, G. (2010). EU legislation on food and potable water safety which could be potentially applied on board ferries and cruise ships: A comparison with US legislation. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 50(6), 533-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408390802437121

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EU legislation on food and potable water safety which could be potentially applied on board ferries and cruise ships: A comparison with US legislation

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