Commissaries will normally be inspected by U.S. Army Veterinary personnel. When U.S. Army personnel are not available, commissaries will be inspected by ___ using the current methods established by the U.S. Army VETCOM Instructions.

• A. Navy Preventive Medicine Authority
• B. U.S. Army Veterinary Corps
• C. Navy Environmental Health Officer
• D. Navy Food Service Inspection Team

Answer: (A)

DoD ensures consistent commissary sanitation inspections across services by using a backup authority that follows VetCOM Instructions when the primary Army veterinary personnel aren’t available. In this case, Navy Preventive Medicine Authority steps in and conducts inspections using the current methods established by the U.S. Army VetCOM Instructions, so the same standards, procedures, and documentation are maintained regardless of which service is performing the inspection. This alignment with VetCOM guidance keeps sanitation practices uniform across the services.

The other options don’t fit because they either represent a different service or a different inspector authority that wouldn’t automatically apply the Army VetCOM procedures as the standard.