2154 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); Minimum Inventory Requirements

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); Minimum Inventory Requirements

[34 Pa.B. 6475]

   Under 28 Pa. Code § 1103.5(a)(3) (relating to minimum inventory), the WIC Program publishes notice of the minimum inventory requirements. Effective on the date of publication of this notice, a store shall have available on the premises, at the time of an onsite review and at all times thereafter while participating as a WIC authorized store, the following foods at shelf prices equal to or less than the maximum allowable prices:

Formula

Thirty-one 13 ounce cans of Similac Advance liquid concentrate.
Twenty-five 32 ounce cans of Similac Advance ready-to feed.
Nine 12.9 ounce cans of Similac Advance powdered.
 

Thirty-one 13 ounce cans of Isomil Advance liquid concentrate.
Twenty-five 32 ounce cans of Isomil Advance ready-to-feed.
Nine 12.9 ounce cans of Isomil Advance powdered.
 

Other standard formulas specified on the WIC check are not minimum inventory requirements. The store must be able to provide these within 72 hours after a participant makes a request for such formula.

Milk

Fluid Whole, Vitamin D Fortified: ten 1/2 gallons.
Fluid Skim, Low Fat or Reduced Fat: four 1/2 gallons.
Nonfat Dry: Four pounds in 1 or 2 pound containers.
Evaporated: twenty-four 12 ounce cans.

Eggs

Grade ''A'' Eggs: Three 1 dozen containers large raw shell eggs.

Cheese

Three WIC allowable varieties prepackaged in 8 or 16 ounce containers, totaling at least 4 pounds of cheese.

Juices

Two WIC allowable single strength varieties with a total of seven 46 ounce containers. Two WIC allowable varieties frozen concentrated or shelf stable concentrated, with a total of seven 11.5 to 12 ounce containers.
Infant, three Gerber varieties with a total of fifteen 4 ounce individual containers.

Cereal

Adult, five WIC allowable varieties in 8 ounce or larger packages totaling at least 40 ounces.
Infant, two Gerber varieties in 8 ounce packages, totaling at least 24 ounces.

Peanut Butter

One 15 to 18 ounce WIC allowable container.

Dried Peas and Beans

Two varieties WIC allowable, 1 pound each.

Tuna

Four 6 to 6.5 ounce cans, chunk, light, packed in water.

Carrots

Two pounds of whole, unpeeled fresh carrots in 1 or 2 pound cello pack, or two cans of sliced carrots in 14 to 20 ounce cans.

CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M.D., M.P.H.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-2154. Filed for public inspection December 3, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]