Good morning Command’s and FSO’s,
The Culinary Support Branch have been receiving numerous emails asking if CS’s are exempt from MIO operations. Specifically watches, and direct contact with migrants. The reference below addresses the issue of food service to migrants and should cover any questions or concerns. This is not an automatic exemption from performing tasks assigned by the Commanding Officer. However, in accordance with COMDINT 6220.9B, PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISEASE CONCERNS RELATED TO COAST GUARD OPERATIONS states the following:
1. Food must be prepared and stored in accordance with Ref (e) (Food Safety and Sanitation Program, CGTTP 4-11.12A). Foodstuffs from alien migrant sources should not be brought aboard Coast Guard vessels. Foods from alien migrant sources must not be served to Coast Guard ADSMs.
2. Meals should be prepared and served separately for Coast Guard ADSMs and alien migrants. Attention is required to ensure meals reach the intended persons and that cross-mixing or contamination of foods does not occur. Once food has left controlled areas to be served to alien migrants, it must not be returned for storage or reuse. Food should be delivered first to a neutral area by food service staff or mess attendants away from the holding area, then to the holding area and served by non-food service ADSMs. Basically, food service ADSMs and mess attendants should not be in the vicinity of migrants.
3. Individuals who prepare foods must be healthy and free of communicable diseases. To minimize risk of inadvertent disease transmission, food service ADSMs should not come into close contact with alien migrants. Alien migrants must not enter areas where food is prepared, served, or stored for Coast Guard ADSMs.
COMDINST 6220.9B, Sect 3, B 1-3.
The Culinary Support Branch fully understands the demanding and stressful nature of sustained Migrant Operations and can be contacted if further clarification is needed.
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CSCM Vernon L. Joiner
Culinary Support Branch(CSB)-Team Lead
Health, Safety, and Work-Life Service Center(HSWL)
300 E. Main St. Suite 1000
Norfolk, VA 23510-9109
Cell: 757-579-9850
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