Feds Feed Families: Commissary patrons, employees donate record 2.3M pounds
Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) patrons and employees once again led this year’s Department of Defense (DOD) contributions to the annual Feds Feed Families campaign by collecting nearly 2.3 million pounds of food and personal hygiene items.
Progresso Organic Chicken Noodle Soup recalled
Faribault Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling Progresso Organic Chicken Noodle Soup due to milk and soy allergens, as well as beef and pork undeclared on the product label according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent August 18.
Rating your store – safely: Annual Commissary Customer Service Survey to start Aug. 24 with COVID-19 safety measures
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) will launch its annual worldwide Commissary Customer Service Survey (CCSS) starting Aug. 24, with new safety measures in place to help prevent COVID-19 exposure.
Frozen shrimp recalled over Salmonella concerns
Kader Exports is voluntarily recalling various sizes of their frozen cooked, peeled and deveined shrimp because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Aug. 13.
TopCare Allergy Tablets recalled
Effective Aug. 5, the Defense Commissary Agency is voluntarily recalling a specific lot number of TopCare Allergy Tablets due to improperly sealed packages.
CLICK2GO: Commissaries continue roll out of new curbside pickup program at Fort Lee; five more scheduled later in 2020
CLICK2GO, the Defense Commissary Agency’s online ordering/curbside pickup grocery service, returned Aug. 4 to the Fort Lee Commissary in Virginia following a yearlong absence.
Gold to go: Commissaries’ Freedom Choice enhanced water earns top industry honors for label design
By Keith Desbois, DeCA public affairs specialist
August 6, 2020
Gold to go: Commissaries’ Freedom Choice enhanced water earns top industry honors for label design
The Defense Commissary Agency’s Freedom’s Choice enhanced water label was awarded a 2020 Gold Vertex Award for packaging design. This year’s competition included more than 400 entries from 27 countries and 49 retailers.
José Olé Taquitos recalled
The Defense Commissary Agency is issuing an internal recall of two varieties of frozen José Olé Taquitos because they may be contaminated with extraneous material, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent Aug. 4.