{"id":13199,"date":"2023-03-21T17:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/?post_type=uncgfrp_resource&#038;p=13199"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:28:29","slug":"comments-for-usda-revised-wic-food-package","status":"publish","type":"uncgfrp_resource","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/resource\/comments-for-usda-revised-wic-food-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments for USDA Revised WIC Food Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WIC_Comments_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"WIC Comments document thumbnail\" class=\"wp-image-13204\" style=\"width:225px;height:290px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WIC_Comments_thumbnail.png 300w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WIC_Comments_thumbnail-272x350.png 272w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WIC_Comments_thumbnail-42x54.png 42w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WIC_Comments_thumbnail-47x60.png 47w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GFRP-UNC_WIC_Food_Packages_Comments_2023_accessible.pdf\">digitally accessible version<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) announced proposed changes to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/wic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WIC<\/a>. FNS encouraged all interested parties to provide feedback on the proposed changes via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.regulations.gov<\/a>. These are the comments submitted by Drs. Marissa Hall, Shu Wen Ng, Barry Popkin, and Lindsey Smith Taillie on behalf of the Global Food Research Program. 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