text: Chapter 6
  Veterinary Services
  The veterinary mission is to execute veterinary service support essential for FHP
  including maintaining the health and welfare for military working animals and other
  animals entitled to veterinary care by the United States Army; food protection and
  veterinary public health missions; and to train, equip, and deploy the veterinary force;
  in order to project and sustain a healthy and medically protected force and promote the
  health of the Service member.
  SECTION I — VETERINARY RESPONSIBILITIES
  6-1. The United States Army Veterinary Services under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and
  delegated to the United States Army Surgeon General, is the sole provider for veterinary services and retains
  responsibility to provide veterinary personnel for operational and tactical support to all DOD components.
  6-2. According to DODD 6400.04E, the United States Army Surgeon General has also been delegated to
  act on behalf of the DOD EA for the DOD Veterinary Public and Animal Health Services to—
  * Develop, support, and evaluate food protection measures (food safety and food defense) to ensure
  food ingredients and food products are safe, wholesome, meet quality standards, and are free from
  unintentional or intentional contamination and adulteration.
  * Collaborate with the Military Services’ public health and preventive medicine authorities to
  develop policies.
  * Develop military sanitary standards for commercial food (including bottled water) plants
  providing products to the DOD Components.
  * Maintain and publish approved lists of food suppliers used by all DOD Components.
  * Maintain laboratories or contract the capability for laboratory examinations (organic or purchased)
  for wholesomeness and quality of food products and diagnosis of animal diseases.
  * Inspect food products and provide food protection programs at all food procurement, operational
  ration assembly facilities, and subsistence and war reserve stocks storage facilities under the
  control of the Defense Logistics Agency.
  * Inspect troop support food products on all installations under the control of the Departments of
  the Army and Navy.
  * Provide food inspection and food protection and, in collaboration with Army and Navy Surgeons’
  General preventive medicine or public health authorities, provide food service sanitation programs
  at all Defense Commissary Agency and Exchange Service retail convenience stores (for example,
  shoppettes and mini-marts) associated with the Departments of the Army and Navy.
  * In coordination with the Military Services’ public health and preventive medicine authorities,
  develop and maintain the tri-Service Food Code used by all DOD Components.
  * Coordinate with the Secretaries of the Navy and Air Force at joint bases to delineate Service
  responsibilities for installation food service sanitation and food protection programs.
  * Provide clinical and regulatory veterinary services, through appropriated and nonappropriated
  funds.
  * Operate facilities and establish equipment standards for and monitor standard of care at installation
  veterinary facilities.
  * Operate the Veterinary Services Central Funds Supplemental Mission Nonappropriated Fund
  Instrumentality.