1. DoD Approved Food Sources
CW2 Kenneth James
Good Morning, Everyone. My name is CW2 Ken James and I am the Sr. Food Protection Officer at the Quality Assurance Division at JCCoE. Today I would like to talk with you about the Department of Defense Approved Food Sources. What information the database provides and what may prove to be important many is how to be added to the database.

2. DoD Approved Food Sources
‘Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement’ - official online database - lists *all* food establishments and food distributors approved as sources of subsistence for Armed Forces procurement - Army Regulation (AR)
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To begin with the DoD Approved Sources is what we refer to as “The Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement”
It is the official online database for the Department of Defense that shows all commercial establishments that are allowed to provide subsistence to the Department of Defense.
The World Wide Directory is covered under Army Regulation
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3. Worldwide Directory
The Worldwide Directory is consolidated and published by the U.S. Army Institute of Public Health (AIPH), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. U.S. Army Veterinary Service personnel perform sanitary audits of establishments listed in this publication. These establishments are subject to sanitary surveillance to ensure continued approval as a source of subsistence for Armed Forces Procurement.
Service personnel consist of Veterinarians, Food Safety Officers such as myself, and occasionally Senior Enlisted Soldier.
The audit will usually consist of 1 or 2 days to evaluate the facilities food safety program, food defense program, and review establishment processes, and sanitary practices.

4. USAPHC Public Web Site
The Worldwide Directory is updated daily and can be accessed through the USAPHC public Web site at
Pretty self explanatory this is the website that you all can go to because it is a public website.

5. Main View
This is what the site looks like when you first go to the webpage. Then you can navigate to the different sections to explore.

6. Appendix A-Listing Requirements
Under Appendix A you will find the listing requirements that the Department of Defense requires.
For example: Fish Canned has to be listed no matter where it comes from.

7. Listing Exemptions
List of Federal Approved Sources.

8. Becoming Approved Source Suppliers
Suppliers proposing to bid on Armed Forces contracts and whose establishments are not approved as sources of supply must submit written requests for audits signed by management through either local or central purchasing agencies.
If your establishment has never been listed in the World Wide Directory, or if it has been listed before but is no longer listed then you must submit written request through a central purchasing agency. Your facility cannot just put in a request to be audited on its own there has to be a purchasing agency in between such as Army Airforce Exchange Service, or Defense Commissary Agency.

9. Becoming Approved Source Suppliers
Initial Sanitation Audit request - Supplier write a letter requesting initial sanitation audit · owner (or authorized representative) must be signatory · letter addressed to purchasing or contracting agency conducting business - Minimum content requirements of letter · Full name, street address, city, state, zip code, country of processing facility. (include mailing address if different) · Facility point of contact (name, phone, fax, ) · Normal processing facility operating hours · Specific product list furnished (such as bread, rolls, or biscuit) · Caterers – where prepared, military installations to be served and whether contracted · Distributor / Broker – operating in CONUS - exempt

10. Appendix B- Initial Audit Request
This is what is on the previous page and you can find it under Appendix B at the website that was provided earlier.

11. Appendix C-Listing by Establishment
Appendix C presents to you all the approved listed establishments by name.

12. Listing by Product
Under Appendix C you can also a list by product type.

13. Listing by State
You can also see the product by State or Country.

14. Approved to Supply ABCXYZ Company, LLC 45-0000 Alias: Alphabet Company
Plant Address:
123 Soup Road
Anywhere, DC
Phone Number:
, Fax
Approved for:
Alphabet Soup (Refrigerated)
IRC:
1220
This is an example of how a facility is listed.

15. Point Of Contact
The point of contact for this publication is: AIPH Food Protection Program, USAPHC ATTN: MCHB-IP-VF 5158 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Commercial telephone number: /2627 or DSN: /
The POC for the World Wide Directory can be found here.