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File: 110796_aactj_01.txtBULLET BACKGROUND PAPER ON CONSIDERING EXCLUSIVE USE OE MREs IN AOR PURPOSE TO PROVIDE HQ SAC/SO UPDATED INEORMATION ON FOOD VULNERABILITY IN THE AOR AND ON FACTORS RELATIVE TO THE USE OF MREs. BACKGROUND PER 211320Z JAN 91 MESSAGE FROM 325 TAC HOSPITAL/DEPLOYED, FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK AT JEDDAH AFFECTED OVER 308 PEOPLE, 42 WERE HOSPITALIZED. CATERED BOX LUNCHES ARE SUSPECTED. HQ SAC/SGPM CONTACTED CENTAF REAR/SGPM (HQ TAC), BUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM CENTAF REAR/SGPM. DEPLOYED MEDICAL (EH) PERSONNEL ARE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION. CENTAF REAR WILL FORWARD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THIS INCIDENT RESURFACED CONCERNS ABOUT FOOD VULNERABILITY IN THE AOR, AND QUESTIONS REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF RESTRICTING THE FOOD SERVED TO MAKE EXCLUSIVE USE OF ONLY MREs. DISCUSSION CENTAF/SG (AND CENTCOM/SG) ARE VERY AWARE OE FOOD {AND WATER) VULNERABILITY IN AOR AND CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION. - APPROXIMATELY 90 DEPLOYED AIR EORCE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL (PRIMARILY ASSIGNED TO TAC AIHs) CLOSELY MONITOR FOOD SAFETY IN THE AOR. BIO TECHS MONITOR WATER SAFETY. OTHERS (SVC, CE, SP) ALSO INVOLVED IN ASSESSMENT OF (CONTROLS OVER) FOOD/WATER SAEETY. -- VULNERABILITY VARIES GREATLY AT SITES IN AOR. --~ THERE IS A SHORTAGE OE ACTIVE DUTY FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL ("PRIME RIBS" PERSONNEL IN AIR FORCE) DUE TO CIVILIAN CONTRACTING OF DOD EOOD SERVICES DURING PAST TWO DECADES. --- THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS ARE CONTRACTED FOR MUCH OF THE FOOD SERVICE IN AOR (INCREASES CONCERNS RE RISK OF INADVERTENT OR INTENTIONAL CONTAMINATION OE FOOD). - CENTCOM/CINC (GEN SCHWARZKOPF) PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NLT 71 MILLION MREs TO BE AVAILABLE IN AOR. - [(b)(2)] jew/22 jan 91/
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