GENERAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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PART IV
FOOD FOR THE SECURITY FORCES AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS
Urban
Services
Department (with the
assistance of Regional Services Department, Trade Department and Social Welfare Department) will in the event of a major food shortage, ensure that there is no disruption of supplies to the Security Forces and
essential workers.
2.
Dry rations or cooked food will be supplied to units when normal commercial supplies are no longer available.
Where a unit has cooking facilities, dry rations only will be supplied (and the unit itself will be expected to provide its own cooks).
IMPLEMENTATION
Coordination
3.
An officer from the USD will be designated Rations Officer and will co-ordinate all ration requirements.
4.
Once the Food Unit
HQ is established, the Rations Officer will take up his post and all requests from the Security Forces etc will be passed
He will:
to him.
(a)
ascertain
that there is a genuine need
and that
rations cannot be obtained
from normal sources;
(c)
find out the numbers of
staff to be
(d)
fed, the frequency and the precise location;
in the case of dry rations, pass the
request
Officer;
to
the
Dry
Rations Supply
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