Food illness/poppies

The Afghan army base here had its third episode of intestinal problems affecting over 200 recruits all at once. Same pattern and cause as the prior 2 episodes: the meat was undercooked, transported to a remote dining facility and then sat for a few hours before mealtime. Some of our team, the hospital leaders, the officer in charge of food, the corps surgeon and colonel in charge of logistics spent the morning touring the facilities. Shown is the butcher shop; not pleasant but I will spare the details here. We visited the kitchen and saw that they considered "well cooked" to be the raw side of rare. We drafted up (again) over a dozen recommendations. Maybe the corps commander will implement more than the 2 he agreed to last time.
Shown also are some wild poppies. Afghanistan's southern provinces supply the majority of the world's raw opium from poppies, and the Taliban sell it to raise money for their insurgency. Narcotic use is against their faith, but it seems okay if they can make money from it... The poppies pictured are not the opium variety but seemed symbolic.