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            <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Agriculture</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC):  Revisions in the WIC Food Packages</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This proposed rulemaking would amend regulations governing the WIC food packages to: 1) incorporate recommendations of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine 2017 scientific report, Review of WIC Food Packages: Improving Balance and Choice; 2) align with 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; and 3) make other administrative revisions or clarifications to food package requirements.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>7 CFR 246.10</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1786, sec. 17 (f)(11)(C)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2021</TTBL_DATE>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Yes</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Michael</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>DePiro</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Specialist</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0584</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FNS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 305-2876</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>michael.depiro@usda.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1320 Braddock Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22314</ZIP>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Maureen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lydon</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0584</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Nutrition Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FNS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 457-7713</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>maureen.lydon@usda.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1320 Braddock Place,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Alexandria</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22314</ZIP>
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