ARCENT MED COMMAND CONCERNING NBC ENVIRONMENT

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Subject = ARCENT MED COMMAND CONCERNING NBC ENVIRONMENT                   

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Folder Title = ARCENT MEDICAL COMMAND POLICY CONCERNING SUBSISTENCE IN AN NBC ENVIRONMENT                      

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          THE UNCERTAINTIES OP HAZARDOUS LeVE4$, FOOD ITEMS MUST BE PROVIDED
          THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF POSSIBLE PROTECTION4 FOODS CAN Be PROTECTED
          FROM NBC CONTAMINATION TO VAIRIOU$ DEOREES SY ENCLOSED STORAGEO
          COVERINGS AND PACKAGING AND PACKING MATERIALS, IN DETERMINING THE
          DISPOSITION OF PACKAGED AND STORED SUPPLIES WHICH HAVE BEEN
          CONTAMINATEDs CONSIDERATION MUST BE QIVEN TO THE NATURE OF TH9
          CONTAMINANTO AS W$LL AS TO THEiTYPEiOF-FOODSTUFF$ AND THE'
          SECURITY AFFORDED BY THE PACKAGING MATERIA6* $OME.OF T@ESE
          FACTORS ARE OUTLINED BELOWI
              Al CHEMICAL AGENTS OF PRIMARY CONCERN REGARDING FOOD
          CONTAMINATION ARE NERVF AND BI.ISTER AGENT$s ND'FIE4D METHOD
          EXIST$ FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF
          FOODS
                St AIRTIGHT 64ASS 80TTLE$o SEALED ALUMINUM LAMINATED
          PACKAGES AND SEALED META@-CANS GIVE:SUBOTANTIA6 PROTECTION
          AGAINST VAPOR AND LIGUID AGENT$s
                Ca FAL4ET3 OF MRES THAT ARE PROTECTED WITH A SHRINK OVERWRAP
          SHOULD BE SAFE FROM CHEMICAL AGENT PERETRATION FOR     2 HOQRSI
                Dt NBC PROTECTIVE COVERSE IF OTILIZED TO PROVIDE TOVERING
          FOR OPERATIONAL RATIONSO WILL PROVIDE 72-MOURO PROTECTION AGAINST
          ALL CHEMICAL AGENTS EXCEPT DUSTY MUSTARDL
                Et THE MRE POUCH IS HERMETICALLY SEALEDI     IF INTACT ONE CAN
          ASSUME TNAT THE FOOD WOULD BE SAFE IN AN NBC-ENVIRONMENto THE
          ONLY ITEM WITHIN THE 14RE POUCH NOT ADEQUATEL.Y PROTECTED-FROA
          DIRECT EXPOSURE 13 THE SPOON* A 10 C@CROX 569ACHiSOTTLED'WATER
          606UTION 13 USED TO DECONTAMINATE EXPOSED MRZ POUCHES FOR EMERGENCY
          Issue ON4YO
                Fe CANNED RATIONS CT"RATIONS) ARE PROTECTED FROM-
          PENETRATION BY NBC AGENT$T HOWEVER* THE-CONTAINERS SHOULD BE
          IMMERSED IN 8014INSo $OAP? WATER FOR 30 MINUTES TO REMOVE SURFACE
          CONTAt4lNATIONo
                Go MUSTARD$ ARE ABLE TO PENETATE WOOD# LEATHER@ RUBBER AND
          PAINTs THEY ARE MUCH MORE PERSISTENT'IN C040-TEMPERATE:CLI61ATES*
          THEY ARE POORLY WATER $"USLE AND REACT VXO"NTLY'WITH STANDARD
          DECONTAMINATE$* IF DECON OPERATIONS ARE CONSIDEREDO USE-'A DRY
          MIX OF HYPERTROPICA4 HOUSEHOLD $LEACH CHTH) OR SUPER TROPICAL
          Bi.eACH ($TO) DILUTED TO A RATIO OF 3 PARTS DECORTARTQV P A 5
          PARTS SAND*
                Mg CANVAS W161, KEEP CUT 9S OF LIOUID CONTAMINATION IF
          REMOVED WITHIN 60 MINUTES AFTER THE ATTACKG
                14 ONLY FOOD PACKED IN CAN$* G4A3S BOTT6E@So OR AIR TIGHT
          F014 (MRES-) 314CULD SC CONSUMED AFTER EXPOSURE TO-CHEMICAL'
          ATTACK* NO ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO EAT WHILE IN AN NBC
          ENVIRONMENT*
                Jt INITIAL, DECONTAMINATION EFFORTS ON FOOD ITEMS WILL BE
          41MITED TO REMOVAL-OF THE CONTAINERS AND CARTON OVERWRAP
          MATERIAI.*
                K   THE SIMPLEST DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE 18 TO ALLOW THE
          MATERIAL$ TO AGE AND PAIRN WEATHER (VENT14ATION)i ANY FURTHER
          DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES ARE VERY LABOR INTENSIVE4
                6* 3E4F DECONTAMINATION W16I.-OCCUR OVER TIME WITM MOST
          AGENT$ EXCEPT THICKENED MUSTARD AND OTHER THICKENED A07NT3s-

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