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                  BULLET 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.
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            [(b)(2)]   jew/22 jan 91/
           

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