Applications are now open for the Scholarships for Military Children Program for academic year 2022 – 2023. The program, now entering its 22nd year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality of life. It’s administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping service members, veterans and their families.

On Dec. 20, 2019, Congress established the U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force. The Defense Commissary Agency is honored to deliver the commissary benefit to Space Force’s service members and their family members, said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director.

The Department of Defense has initiated a recall on Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Margherita Pepperoni Stick products because a sample has tested positive for Bacillus cereus, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 10.

Flowers Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,000 loaves of Nature's Own Honey Wheat bread sold in six states due to the presence of undeclared milk, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 17.

The Procter & Gamble Company is voluntarily recalling aerosol dry conditioner and shampoo spray products and from Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences and Waterless produced in the U.S., in addition to previously discontinued aerosol dry shampoo products from Old Spice and Hair Food, due to the p

The Defense Commissary Agency is pulling Fresh Express Sweethearts Packaged Salad Mix products from its shelves in cooperation with a Food & Drug Administration investigation of Listeria monocytogenes, according to agency health and safety officials.

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., is voluntarily recalling from the market all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, North Carolina and its Yuma, Arizona, production facilities due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department

Commissary shoppers who resolve to save more and eat healthier in 2022 can greatly help themselves by taking advantage of special in-store promotions and coupons, according to the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of sales.