title: EU legislation on food and potable water safety which could be potentially applied on board ferries and cruise ships: a comparison with US legislation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece. parmenion@uth.gr
authors.forename: Ioannis S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Arvanitoyannis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hadjichristodoulou
authors.forename: Persefoni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tserkezou
authors.forename: Varvara
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mouchtouri
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kremastinou
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nichols
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005062:European Union; D005502:Food; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005511:Food Handling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D019649:Food Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005735:Garbage; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007881:Legislation, Food; D008460:Meat; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012449:Safety; D012767:Ships / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014867:Water; D014881:Water Supply / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D014867:Water