Revisions in the WIC Food Packages

The Food and Nutrition Service issued an interim rule revising regulations governing the Women, Infants and Children food packages to: align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 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 accommodating participants with cultural food preferences