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Department of Defense form 2974. Official designation: DD Form 2974, Tactical Kitchen Food Sanitation Inspection, November 2013. Purpose: Tactical Kitchen Food Sanitation Inspection. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 4 pages with about 200 entry fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- 3. Geographic location of operation. a. State/country.
- b. Name of camp/installation.
- 4. Setting. X first box if training, second if deployment.
- 5. Person in charge (PIC). a. Rank and name.
- b. Telephone.
- c. Official e-mail.
- 5. Inspection type. X first box if routine, second if follow-up, third if complaint, fourth if preoperational, or fifth if other.
- 7. Inspector. a. Rank and name.
- b. Telephone.
- d. Unit/organization.
- 8. Start time.
- 9. End time.
- X if various timeframes.
- 10. Number and type of violations. a. Critical.
- b. Non-critical.
- 11. Inspection rating. X first box if fully compliant, second if substantially compliant, third if partially compliant, or fourth if non-compliant.
- If non-compliant, scheduled follow-up date.
- X if non-compliant.
- X if corrected on-site.
- X if corrected on-site.
- X if non-compliant.
- X if corrected on-site.
- X if non-compliant.
- X if corrected on-site.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
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.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
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.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2974?
- DD Form 2974, Tactical Kitchen Food Sanitation Inspection, 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?