0584-AE82 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages

This final rulemaking will 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. In the development of the proposed rule, FNS solicited feedback from WIC participants, state and tribal partners, and other government agencies. FNS published the proposed rule with a 90-day comment period and will consider comments received in development of this final rule.

]]> Section 3(f)(1) Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No 7 CFR 246.10 42 U.S.C. 1786, sec. 17 (f)(11)(C) Yes

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) issued a 2017 report with recommendations to align the WIC food packages with the available nutrition science and to reflect the supplemental nature of the Program. In December 2020, the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services released the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). USDA FNS will propose rulemaking to incorporate NASEM recommendations and align the food package with the latest DGAs.

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Summary Of the Legal Basis: 42 U.S.C. 1786, sec. 17 (f)(11)(C)

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This is discussed in the proposed rulemaking's Regulatory Impact Analysis which was published on November 21, 2022 as an appendix to the rule, available at 87 FR 71090.

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]]> NPRM 11/21/2022 87 FR 71090 NPRM Comment Period End 02/21/2023 Final Action 04/00/2024 Undetermined Federal Local State Yes No No Michael DePiro Specialist 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 305-2876 michael.depiro@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria VA 22314 Maureen Lydon 0584 Food and Nutrition Service FNS 703 457-7713 maureen.lydon@usda.gov 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria VA 22314