Cruise secrets: Insider reveals SHOCKING truth about food on cruise ships

Jim Walker, a lawyer who specialises in cases involving cruise-line employees and passengers, told Business Insider of the ingenious ways some cruises get away with breaking the rules.

He revealed that if food is improperly stored or equipment is dirty during an inspection, some cruise managers will order the crew to hide the items in their own cabins.

This is so the inspectors won’t realise rules are being broken and they won’t be penalised.

He also added that the food taken away to the crews’ rooms can also be later served to passengers.

In 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) carried out a surprise inspection on a Silversea Cruises ship – the Silver Shadow – in Alaska following a tip-off.

A crew member had sent photographs to the CDC of meat in cabin crew sinks and trays of food in corridors outside crew cabins.