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Commissaries work with distributors to address baby formula availability, implement shopping limits to ensure equal access
May 24, 2022 — The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing shopping limits on select specialty baby formula items as the agency works with its distributors to increase supply levels... MORE

Commissaries work with distributors to address baby formula availability and implement shopping limits to ensure equal access
May 18, 2022 — The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing shopping limits on select specialty baby formula items as the agency works with its distributors to increase supply levels... MORE

Facemasks required at all military commissaries
December 3, 2021 — The Defense Commissary Agency requires patrons and employees at all commissary and DeCA facilities to wear a mask/face covering. This includes all DeCA facilities across Joint Base San Antonio... MORE

Commissary, AAFES offer convenient new choices for customers
August 30, 2021 — Customers of the commissary and Army and Air Force Exchange Service food concessions at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston now have new choices to help make their lives a little easier and more convenient... MORE

DeCA nominates FSH commissary worker for DOD 2020 Outstanding Disabled Employee of the Year
September 18, 2020 — The legally blind Marcus Montague, who has worked at the Fort Sam Houston commissary for six years, was nominated in May for the 2020 Annual Secretary of Defense Awards for Components and Individuals... MORE

Food safety month: Commissaries reinforce customers' awareness of foodborne illnesses
August 28, 2020 — Although the COVID-19 pandemic has upped our public safety awareness, consumers cannot afford to lose track of the precautions recommended to help protect against foodborne illnesses... MORE

Commissaries worldwide selling reusable, disposable protective masks
July 10, 2020 — Commissaries worldwide are now selling reusable and disposable protective masks, the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of sales announced... MORE

Officials forecast no meat, produce shortages in commissaries
May 20, 2020 — Veterinary health officials with the Department of Defense and Army Public Health Center who are charged with monitoring food safety and food supply for the DOD and Army say although there may be localized supply issues outside of the continental United States, there are no forecasted shortages of meat, poultry or produce... MORE

Some commissaries place shopping limits on fresh beef, poultry, pork
May 6, 2020 — Commissaries in the continental United States, along with Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, have placed shopping limits on fresh beef, poultry and pork effective May 1. The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing these shopping limits in response to anticipated shortages in the supply chain impacted by the closures of various U.S. beef/pork/poultry processing plants, said retired Rear Adm. Robert J. Bianchi, Department of Defense special assistant for commissary operations. ... MORE

JBSA Commissaries, Exchanges require patrons to wear face covers
April 10, 2020 — Commissaries and Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities on Joint Base San Antonio now require all store employees and customers to wear some form of face covering in order to enter the store as of April 10... MORE

Commissaries, support facilities designated mission-critical as part of DOD’s COVID-19 response
March 30, 2020 — The Defense Commissary Agency’s stores, central distribution centers and its central meat processing plant have been designated mission-critical in DOD’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic... MORE

JBSA Security Forces ready for veterans’ access to JBSA
December 23, 2019 — Members of the 502nd Security Forces Group have been working hard to develop procedures that will grant base access to veterans and primary family care givers since the Department of Defense expanded Commissary and Military Service Exchange access as well as Morale Welfare and Recreation facilities and programs... MORE

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