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RIN: 0584-AD77

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
Abstract: This interim 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 interim final rule revises regulations governing the WIC food packages to align the WIC food packages with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) (1) 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: Long-Term Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 246
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 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: Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	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 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302 Phone:703 305-2572 Email: james.herbert@fns.usda.gov