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DA Form 7848 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: CHILD/YOUTH/SCHOOL FACILITY SANITATION AND FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION. Function: child/youth/school facility sanitation and food safety inspection. The edition presently published bears the date 05/01/2019, with a status of ACTIVE. Physical extent is 1 page(s) and about 200 fillable fields.
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What the form asks for
- Action_Taken_Comment1
- Action_Taken_Comment10
- Action_Taken_Comment2
- Action_Taken_Comment3
- Action_Taken_Comment4
- Action_Taken_Comment5
- Action_Taken_Comment6
- Action_Taken_Comment7
- Action_Taken_Comment8
- Action_Taken_Comment9
- Activity_Room
- Activity_Rooms_NA
- Bleach
- Building_Number
- C10
- C11
- C12
- C13
- C14
- C15
- C16
- C17
- C18
- C19
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7848?
- CHILD/YOUTH/SCHOOL FACILITY SANITATION AND FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION
- Which edition is current?
- 05/01/2019
- Who is responsible for this form?
- TSG
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF