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Laws and Regulations

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Legislation

WIC Legislative Requirements are contained in Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. 

Click here for a PDF file of the compilation of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

 

Regulations

WIC Regulations are published by the Federal Register in the Code of Federal Regulations, 7 C.F.R. Part 246.  The CFR is updated in January each year.  The CFR, in print or on-line, represents updates as of January and will not include changes which have been subsequently published.

WIC Program Regulations  (.pdf) (01/01/04)  
NOTE: No changes have been made from the 2003 consolidation to the 2004 consolidation.

WIC Regulations by section (in html)

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Regulations (.pdf) (01/01/04)  
NOTE: No changes have been made from the 2003 consolidation to the 2004 consolidation.

FMNP regulations by section 

A Search of Regulations by key word is possible through the CFR search page

The Government Printing Office's website 

 

Recently Published Regulations

Recently published WIC regulations This link will take you to a list of recently published WIC regulations.

Food Package - Advanced Notice of Public Rulemaking - comment period closed 12/15/03.

 

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