TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT CASUALTIES NOR NAVSURNLANT SHIPS

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                                POLICY~~C.ONCERNIN(3 SUBSISTENCE. IN ~N:.
I.  CONT~MIN~TION OF SUBSISTENCE BY CHEMIC~L ~6ENTS~OCCURS FROM
CONT~CT. WITH~V~POR, ~EROSOL SPR~YS OR-SFQ'~SHES OF LIQUID OR
SMOKES OF SOLID~CHEMIC~LS.     UNPROTECTED FOOD ITEMS M~Y BE SO
CONT~MIN~TED WHICH RENDERS THEM UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION.                               (FOOD ITEMS
WILL NOT BE CON?UMED IF EXPOSED. TO ~N NBC ~(3ENT IF OTHER FOOD IS
~V~IL~BLEWITHIN THE THE~TER OF OPER~TION).                  IF CONT4MIN~TED~FOOD
IS THE ONLY.FOOD TH~T REM~INS TO SUPPORT UNITS WITHIN THE flRE~ OF
OPER~TION, THIS FOOD MUST BE INSFECTED BY THE UNIT~S NBC OR
SURVEY TE~M ~ND THE THE~TER VETERIN~RY SERVICES.                            ~N ~CCEPT~BLE
~ND S~FE LEVEL OF NBC ~GENT CONT~MIN~TION OF FOOD H~S NOT BEEN


P~GE O2 RUDCH~~~2wC)4 U N C L ~ S S S I F I E D
E~T~BLISHED.    THIS M~KES IT DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE COMM~ND GUID~NCE
L  uERNING THE USE OF CONT~MIN~TED FOOD.
~`  VETERIN~RY CORPS OFFICERS ~RE CH~RGED BY ~R 4C)-1 WITH THE                                       -
~TY OF ~DVISING ~PPROPRI~TE ~UTHORITY ON THE FITNESS OF HUM~N
?~`~SUMPTION OF ~LL FOODS WHICH M~Y H~VE BEEN CONT~MIN~TED BY
  :MIC~L, B~CTERIOLOGIC~L, OR R~DIO~CTIVE M~TERI~LS.
    BEC~USE OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN DECONT~MIN~TION ~ND
THE UNCERT~INTIES OF H~Z~RDOUS LEVELS, FOOD ITEMS MUST BE PROVIDED
THE M~XIMUM ~MOUNT OF POSSIBLE PROTECTION.                FOODS CH~N BE PROTECTED
FROM NBC CONT~MIN~TION TO Y~IRIOUS DEGREES BY ENCLOSED STOR~GE,
COVERINGS ~ND P~C~~GING ~ND P~CKING M~TERI~LS.                IN DETERMINING THE
DISPOSITION OF P~CF:::~GED ~ND STORED SUPPLIES WHICH H~VE BEEN
CONT~MIN~TED, CONSIDER~TION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE N~TURE OF THE
CONT~MIN~NT, ~S WELL ~S TO THE TYPE OF FOODSTUFFS ~ND THE
SECURITY ~FFORDED BY THE P~C~:~GING M~TERI~L.               SOME OF THESE
F;'~CTORS r~"RE OUTLINED BELOW:
    ~.    CHEMIC~L ~GENTS OF PRIM~RY CONCERN REG~RDING FOOD
CONT~MIN~TION ~RE NERVE ~ND BLISTER ~GENTS.                 NO FIELD MET~OD
EXISTS FOR DETECTING BIOLOGIC~L OR CHEMiC~L CONT~MIN~:;TION OF
FOOD.


P~GE C).  RUDCH~~.T2C)4 U N C L ~ S S S I F I E D
      B.  ~IRTIGHT GL~SS BOTTLES, SE~LED ~LUMINUM L~MIN~TED
P~Ct::~GES ~ND SE~LED MET~L C~NS GIVE SUBST~NTI~L PROTECTION
  ~~INST V~F.OR ~ND LIQUID ~GENTS.
      C.  P~LLETS OF MRES TH~T ~RE PROTECTED WITH ~ SHRINF:f. OVERWR~P
  lOULD BE S~FE FROM CHEMIC~L ~GENT~PENETR~TION FOR 2 HOURS.
      D.  NBC PROTECTIVE COVERS,               IF UTILIZED TO PROVIDE COVERING
  OR OPER~TION~L R~TIONS, WILL PROVIDE 72 HOURS PROTECTION ~G~INST
 ~LL CHEMIC~L ~GENTS EXCEPT DUSTY MUST~RD.
      E.  THE MRE POUCH IS HERMETIC~LLY SE~LED;               IF INT~CT ONE C~N
~S~UME TH~T THE FOOD WOULD BE S~FE IN ~N NBC ENVIRONMENT. < THE