WIC food packages comment period

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USDA/FNS RIN: 0584-AD77 Publication ID: Fall 2009
Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
Abstract: This final rule implements the first comprehensive revisions to the WIC food packages since 1980. These revised food packages were developed to better reflect current nutrition science and dietary recommendations than do current food packages, within the parameters of current program costs. This final rule revises regulations governing the WIC food packages to align the WIC food packageswith the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and current infant feeding practice guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics, better promote and support the establishment of successful long-term breastfeeding, provide WIC participants with a wider variety of food, and provide WIC State agencies with greater flexibility in prescribing food packages to accommodate participants with cultural food preferences. (05-006)
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA) Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: Yes Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 246 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1786
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final Statutory 11/00/2006

Overall Description of Deadline: CN and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-265) requires issuance of a final rule within 18 months of release of

IOM Report.
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM 08/07/2006 71 FR 44784
NPRM Comment Period End 11/06/2006
Interim Final Rule 12/06/2007 72 FR 68966
Interim Final Rule Effective 02/04/2008
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 02/01/2010
Final Action 02/00/2011
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.fns.usda.gov/wic Public Comment URL: www.fns.usda.gov/wic
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact:
James F. Herbert
Regulatory Review Specialist
Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
10th Floor, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, VA 22302
Phone:703 305-2572
Email: james.herbert@fns.usda.gov