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On extended cruises how and where do cruise lines maintain fresh fruit and vegetables for the entire cruise. Certain fruits and vegetables won't last. How do the cruise lines maintain freshness without reloading in foreign countries that don't meet US standards. Just curious.

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When a US based cruise ship provisions in a US port, all the protein items, and most or all of the fruits and vegetables are from US suppliers. But many or most of those fruits and vegetables originated in other countries.

 

USPH regulations require most of the protein items to come from US Certified vendors, and that the items are to be frozen. The ships can load and store enough frozen protein items to last through the entire voyage.

 

Mid-cruise, ships often replenish perishable fruits and vegetables at ports outside the USA. Those items are purchased locally.

 

Dairy products - especially fresh milk and cream - are more of a challenge. Once outside the USA, pasteurized milk and cream can be difficult to source. Even some dairies in Puerto Rico and St. Thomas do not pasteurize their products.

That is why, occasionally on long voyages, ships resort to UHT and powdered dairy products.

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It's my understanding that before fresh produce, maybe other food classification-type items as well, are embarked, the Executive Chef inspects the items before they are loaded onto the ship. If the foodstuffs do not meet the cruise line's/the Executive Chef's standards, they are rejected.

 

This happens in both ports in the United States as well as in other countries.

 

For what it is worth, I have personally observed an Executive Chef doing such an inspection of food delivered at pierside.

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On extended cruises how and where do cruise lines maintain fresh fruit and vegetables for the entire cruise. Certain fruits and vegetables won't last. How do the cruise lines maintain freshness without reloading in foreign countries that don't meet US standards. Just curious.

 

 

 

We were on the NCL Jade for 11 nights and we wanted Sushi the last night. Before we partook in it, we asked how fresh the fish was to be eating it raw. The chef said it came on the boat the first day in NYC but it came frozen and shrink wrapped. Then the morning they use it, they thaw it so it’s ready to eat. We ended up going for it and eating it. Didn’t have problem with digestion at all that night. Maybe they freeze fruits and veggies as well?

 

 

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As Keith said, sometimes they do run out of things...especially fresh fruit like strawberries, blueberries, etc. But the cruise lines are pros and have entire departments dedicated to the logistical issues related to food. Most American based lines will pack large refrigerated containers in the US and send them ahead of their ships so they can restock (North American products) anywhere in the world. We know, for example, that Celebrity Cruise Lines only used meat sourced from North America. Cruise lines will also purchase some products locally where the quality passes their review. For example, fresh fruit is often purchased in foreign lands as is fresh seafood and veggies.

 

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