New restrictions threaten some US food shipments to commissaries, exchanges in Europe February 26 New European Union restrictions could hinder some products from reaching the shelves at European exchanges and commissisaries, like this one in Ramstein, Germany. (Defense Commissary Agency) Military families in Europe may see shortages of items ranging from baby formula to pet food on their military stores’ shelves due to newly enforced European Union restrictions on food imports to military bases. Commissary and exchange officials say they are monitoring shipments. There have been no impacts on shelves yet, and the distribution centers in Europe keep a 30- to 45-day supply of these items to support their stores. The issue, which just arose in the past week, is caused by newly enforced restrictions imposed by the European Union, industry sources said.