Commissary<\/a> and exchange officials say they are monitoring shipments. There have been no impacts on shelves yet, and the distribution centers in Europe keep a 30- to 45-day supply of these items to support their stores. The issue, which just arose in the past week, is caused by newly enforced restrictions imposed by the European Union, industry sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThis could potentially impact Department of Defense cargo \u2014 dry food products \u2014 shipped via ocean carriers solely for U.S. service members and their families while they perform national security missions in Europe,\u201d said Defense Commissary Agency spokesman Kevin Robinson, in an email response to Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe cannot speculate as to if and when any restrictions could impact our commissaries in Europe,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cHowever, we will continue monitoring shipments to Europe, and we will work with our military resale partners and industry suppliers to ensure our customers in Europe are supported.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf the requirements stand, these products would require export health certificates,\u201d Robinson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are now more than a million cases containing such items as baby formula and baby food, canned meats and meat sauce, and pet food that are immediately affected, said Steve Rossetti, president of the American Logistics Association, an organization representing manufacturers and distributors who sell to commissaries and exchanges. Those million cases of food are in 446 shipping containers at various stages of arrival \u2014 either on ships at sea, in the queue to go through customs in Europe, or ready to sail to Europe from Norfolk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This won\u2019t affect meat, dairy, bread products or other items that are procured locally in Europe, he said. The frozen and chilled items carried at their Kaiserslautern Cold Storage and their Central Meat Processing Plant already have health certificates attached, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new restrictions and enforcement actions by the European Union, which apply to any food products that have ingredients derived from an animal, affect more than 2,000 individual stock items sold in the stores in Europe, Rossetti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe products are being held up because they are not on the European Union\u2019s approved list,\u201d Rossetti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Military exchange officials said they have not yet experienced shortages. Navy Exchange Service Command hasn\u2019t experienced port backups in Europe, said Kristine Sturkie, spokeswoman for the Navy Exchange Service Command. \u201cNEXCOM will continue to monitor port conditions and work with [Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Defense Commissary Agency] to mitigate any potential issues if they arise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AAFES officials said their exchange operations haven\u2019t been negatively impacted by port backups in Europe. \u201cWhile future impacts are unknown, the exchange\u2019s logistics, merchandising and operations are closely monitoring the flow of merchandise into Europe and working with officials to mitigate potential challenges,\u201d said AAFES spokesman Chris Ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials at the Defense Logistics Agency are aware of the situation, and have worked through some issues, but there haven\u2019t yet been any major impacts on the subsistence supply chain that feeds troops at military dining facilities in Europe, said Patrick Mackin, spokesman for DLA. Many of their products are procured from local sources, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The problem reared its head in late February when European Union officials held up 17 containers of products going to bases. Rossetti said he got word Feb. 26 that those containers have been released by EU officials, with a letter of warning to the shipper to never again ship containers without health certificates. There are numerous issues with this health certificate process, but there\u2019s also the question of what to do with products now arriving that don\u2019t have the EU-required documentation. It\u2019s not clear whether the containers will be put on hold, put on a ship to go back to the U.S., or destroyed. The commissary agency would bear the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is best characterized as an escalating problem. Why now? Nobody knows,\u201d Rossetti said. The restrictions date to 2007 regulations. At that time, there was an unwritten agreement that the restrictions wouldn\u2019t apply to the products coming from the U.S. to U.S. military bases in Europe, Rossetti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy would a U.S. base be held to European Union standards? These products aren\u2019t for European Union consumption. They are going from the U.S. to U.S. bases,\u201d Rossetti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rossetti said the American Logistics Association is working with various federal government agencies to help resolve the situation before shelves go empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy are U.S. products, in U.S. possession, destined for U.S. consumers, affected by this?\u201d Rossetti asked. \u201cALA\u2019s position is that U.S. products destined for U.S. consumers on U.S. bases in Europe must be allowed to flow as they have for the past 27 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s up to a six-week transit time for shipping the products, and another couple of weeks to get those products to the commissary agency distribution center, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDisruptions will be catastrophic for military families who are still coping with concerns about product shortages during the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Rossetti, here are the categories of items affected:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 baby formula<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 baby food<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 canned meats<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 dried meats\/jerky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 canned fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 soups with meat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 canned pasta with meat<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 meat sauces<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 canned milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 powdered milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 pet foods<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 honey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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