DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS

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Subject: DETECTION OF MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS       

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     26.Following a biological agent attack, all food except canned or otherwise

     well nrotected food, should be thoroughly cooked mrior to             consumption.

     All food should be insnpcted to ensure -that it was adequately protected

     while exnosed to the infectious cloud.       Thorough cooking would make foods

     safe for consumption unless they are contaminated with certain heat stable

     toxins such as Stanhylococcal enterotoxin R or heat resistant qnnres such as

     anthrax,   Thorough cooking means that all marts have been heated close to

     the boiling point for 15 minutes. All, foods determined to be Rafe must be

     Protected a"ainst secondary contamination. These measures must be Practised

     bv those  who transnort, store, prenare and serve food, also those who eat

     the food.   When annlicable, consideration must be given to control measures

     necessary to nrevent contamination of food by insects and rodents.            Cans

     should be decontaminated by chemical means, boiling or flaming, prior to

     onening.  After this the contents are safe to eat with or without heating.






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     27. EmDerience from training and exercises has shown how difficult 4.t, 4--, to

     maintain @atisfactn-v nprsonal and area field hygiene, particularly in

     unfamiliar climates.      Very strict measures are required concerning the

     treatment of waste and Rewage as well as management- of latrines.        The -isk

     of a biological attack highlights the necessity o4 giving -raining i-ri these

     measures in order to be nrenared @n -educe as much as nossible the R-ffects

     of such an attack.

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Declassified = 17-DEC-1996