Revisions to the WIC Food Packages - 
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

On September 15, 2003, FNS published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments on revisions to the food packages offered through the WIC Program.  The ninety-day comment period ended December 15, 2003.  In this ANPRM, the Department solicited public comments on redesigning the food packages offered through the WIC Program to determine if the WIC food packages should be revised to better improve the nutritional intake, health and development of participants and, if so, what specific changes should be made to the food packages.  The Department has enlisted independent technical experts via the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board to review available science and comments submitted in response to this ANPRM, and to develop recommendations on revising the WIC food packages for the Department’s consideration.  The Department will use comments received through the ANPRM and the IOM recommendations to develop a proposed rule to revise the WIC food packages.   

The comment period for this Notice is now closed.

The complete Notice is available below in both HTML and PDF.

Text Version of the Notice

PDF Version of the Notice

Public comments received during the comment period are provided here.  Individual comments may be viewed in PDF by clicking on the individual links below.  Posting the comments as received does not imply endorsement or agreement with the contents on the part of USDA.  Some commentors requested that their comments be excluded from public posting on the web; this list excludes those comment letters.  All comment letters are available for public inspection by any individual, at the Supplemental Food Program Division office, as stated in the ANPRM.

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