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RIN: 0584-AD77

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
Abstract: This final rule will affirm and address comments from stakeholders on an interim final rule that was implemented October 1, 2009, governing WIC food packages to align them more closely with updated nutrition science.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 246
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1786

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		11/30/2006

Overall Description of Deadline: CN and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-265) requires issuance of a final rule within 18 months of the release of the 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 Rule	03/04/2014	79 FR 12273
Final Rule Effective	05/05/2014

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: Yes
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 Lynnette M. Thomas Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs Branch Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302 Phone:703 605-4782 Email: lynnette.thomas@fns.usda.gov