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DD Form 2972 — DD Form 2972, Food Facility Risk Assessment Survey, November 2013

Food Facility Risk Assessment Survey

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DD Form 2972 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2972, Food Facility Risk Assessment Survey, November 2013. Stated purpose: Food Facility Risk Assessment Survey. Edition date not stated; status not stated.

Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.

Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.

Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.

Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 107.

Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.

What the form asks for

  • 1. Establishment name.
  • X first box if food service, second if retail store.
  • 4. Official e-mail.
  • 6. Hours of operation.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.
  • X first box if yes, second if no.
  • Awarded points.

The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.

Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.

Certification requires a signature in the designated block — ink on paper, or a digital signature where the receiving office supports one. Typing a name into the field does not constitute execution. CAC-based signing is the usual digital method for Defense forms.

Privacy Act Statements accompany DoD forms that gather personal identifiers. Content of the statement: legal authority, principal purpose, routine uses, and the effect of declining to provide the information. It is printed on the form for that reason.

Recurring errors: entry on a superseded edition, blanks left in mandatory fields, illegible handwriting on scanned copies, dates in a format other than the one the form specifies, missing signature or missing date beside the signature.

Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.

After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.

Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.

A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.

Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.

Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.

Questions and answers

What is DD Form 2972?
DD Form 2972, Food Facility Risk Assessment Survey, November 2013
Which edition is current?
Not stated by the publisher
Who is responsible for this form?
Not stated
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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