1. Travel  Discuss in my forum  Cruise Ship Food Safety - Don't
Let the Food Spoil Your Cruise!  How Cruise Ships and the
Government Protect Us From Food-Borne Diseases   How was the
food? Did you gain weight? These are probably among the first
questions asked when you return from a cruise. The number of
meals per day and the quantity of food available for consumption
is almost obscene. We all love to talk about all of the
wonderful delicacies and different foods we sampled. However, a
cruise, like any other vacation, can be ruined by food-borne
disease such as the Norwalk Virus.  Unfortunately, on a confined
cruise ship where everyone is eating the same thing, a bout of
food poisoning can often effect a large number of passengers. In
June 2000 there was an outbreak on the Disney Magic that caused
over 260 people to develop gastroenteritis. The U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the government agency
responsible for investigating outbreaks of diarrhea on cruise
ships. The CDC traced the