Dozens of soldiers at a Virginia base reported getting food poisoning. At the same time, viral social media posts showed that the base dining facility, where enlisted troops eat most of their meals, had received a failing grade. However, base officials say they are separate issues.

The dining hall in question was at Fort Lee — formerly Fort Gregg Adams — in Virginia, home to the Army Ordnance Corps & Ordnance School. Last week, the Samuel Sharpe Warrior Restaurant received an “F” rating, according to photos obtained by Hots&Cots, an app that junior enlisted troops use to rate barracks and base dining facilities, or DFACs.

Under the military’s food code inspection standards, an “F” rating indicates that the facility is noncompliant and that there is either an “imminent health hazard,” or

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