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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1955
Page
3
At Harlingen Air Force Base the Mess Sergeant places shrimp on trays as the base’s veterinary staff selects grade and approves the portion. The piece outlines how food moves from selection to serving for armed forces personnel during chow line.
A veterinary sector oversees one third of all shrimp in the US military supply chain. Officials from the Air Force Navy and Marine corps inspect grade and purchase shrimp for the Armed Forces. The Brownsville Texas area hosts processing facilities and personnel support activities at the Air Force post in Maine. A local photographer covered the visit to Brownsville.
The shrimp season brings boats from southern Texas Louisiana and Mississippi to Port Brownsville. At Port Isabel shrimp move along tracks to washing and trucking to Brownsville plants. Lt. Harry F. Blanchard and M/Sgt. G. L. Simpson supervise inspections at multiple stations as workers grade clean and box the catch.
Air Force inspectors certify shrimp weight and size for government contracts. Boxes are weighed with dry shrimp to avoid paying for water, grading by count per pound, with sizes from 10 15 to 51 65 and colors white pink brown. Shrimp are glazed and quick frozen then stored for shipment nationwide. Some are breaded then fried. Base veterinarians only receive contracts and send inspection sheets to purchasing bases. Shrimp season requires flexible hours for on call personnel.
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