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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 16-1687

NOTICES

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); 2016-2017 WIC Food List

[46 Pa.B. 6189]
[Saturday, October 1, 2016]

I. 2016-2017 WIC Food List

 Under 28 Pa. Code § 1103.5(a) (relating to minimum inventory), the WIC Program publishes notice of the 2016-2017 WIC Food List which contains the required types of foods and, if applicable, names of the allowable brands of foods. Effective October 1, 2016, the 2016-2017 WIC Food List authorizes the following as allowable foods for the purpose of the WIC Program.

Cheese

 Regular, reduced fat, low fat or fat free, low cholesterol, low sodium, lactose free, smoked or calcium fortified. Cheese must be marked with weight, type and cost. Cheese must be in the form of a block, sliced, shredded, stick or string cheese. Package size must be 8 or 16 ounces.

American (Pasteurized Process) Cheddar
Cheddarella Cojack
Colby (Longhorn) Monterey Jack
Mozzarella Muenster
Provolone Swiss

 Kosher cheese must be specified on the WIC check to be purchased using a WIC check.

Not Allowed: Individually wrapped slices, imported, deli service, cheese foods, imitation cheese, cheese products or spreads, cheese with added ingredients, organic cheese, cheese packed in water.

Cow's Milk

 Fluid (pasteurized; quart, 1/2 gallons or gallons), any fat level, allowed as specified on the WIC check. Acidophilus milk allowed. Lactose free milk allowed, if specified on the WIC check. Evaporated (12-ounce cans), if specified on the WIC check. Dry milk allowed, if specified on the WIC check.

Not Allowed: Flavored milk, buttermilk, goat's milk, milk with added calcium, protein or plant sterols, vitamin C, omega 3s, organic milk, ultra high temperature processed milk, milk in glass bottles.

Soy Beverage

32-ounce or 64-ounce containers: Pacific Natural Foods—Ultra  Soy (Plain or Vanilla  flavored)
8th Continent Soymilk  Original or Vanilla Flavor Silk Original

Not Allowed: Any other brand or type of soy beverage.

Yogurt (32-ounce containers only)

Whole Fat Yogurts:

Dannon All Natural Plain
ShopRite Plain

Lowfat Yogurts:

America's Choice Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla
Best Yet Plain, Vanilla
Coburn Farms Vanilla
Dannon Plain, Vanilla
Essential Everyday Peach, Plain, Raspberry, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Vanilla
Food Club Vanilla
Giant Plain
Giant Eagle Plain, Vanilla
Great Value Peach, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Vanilla
ShopRite Plain, Vanilla
Shurfine Plain, Vanilla
Weis Quality Peach, Plain, Strawberry
Yoplait Harvest Peach, Strawberry, Strawberry Banana, Vanilla

Nonfat Yogurts:

America's Choice Plain
Best Yet Plain, Vanilla
Coburn Farms Plain
Dannon All Natural Plain
Essential Everyday Plain
Food Club Plain
Giant Plain, Vanilla
Giant Eagle Plain
Great Value Plain
Market Pantry Plain
ShopRite Plain, Vanilla
Shurfine Plain, Vanilla
Weis Quality Plain, Vanilla
Yoplait Plain

Tofu

16-ounce containers: House Foods Premium—
 Medium Firm, Firm, Extra Firm Nasoya—Silken

Not Allowed: Any other brand or type of tofu.

Chicken Eggs

 Any Brand Grade A or AA Regular: large, medium or small raw shell brown or white chicken eggs in 1-dozen package.

Not Allowed: Specialty eggs such as, vegetarian fed, organic eggs, low cholesterol, fat modified, high in omega 3s and the like.

Legumes (Beans)

 Black beans, black eye peas, garbanzo beans, great northern beans, kidney beans, lima beans, navy beans, pinto beans, soybeans, butter beans, pink beans, split peas and lentils.

 1 pound dry or 15 1/2-ounce to 16-ounce canned any brand (canned kidney beans may contain sugar)

Not Allowed: Green beans, green peas, green lima beans, snap beans, yellow beans, wax beans, pork-n-beans, beans with added seasonings, sugars, oils, fats, sauces, meats, organic beans.

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits Allowed:

 Fresh, whole or cut without added sugars. Frozen, without added sugars. Canned, jarred or multipack without added sugars, fats, oils or sodium (salt).

Vegetables Allowed:

 Fresh, whole or cut without added sugars, fats or oils. Frozen, without added sugars, fats or oils. Canned or jarred, without added sugars, fats or oils. Whole kernel corn and green peas can contain sugar.

 Organic fruits and vegetables can be purchased.

Not allowed:

 • Party trays, fruit baskets, salad bar items

 • Items that contain dips or sauces

 • Ingredients other than fruit—sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, heavy or light syrup, dextrose, sucrose, maple syrup, artificial sweeteners, fats, oils or sodium (salt)

 • Ingredients other than vegetables—sugar, honey, high fructose corn syrup, cheese sauce, noodles, rice, nuts, spices, fats or oils

 • Sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, olives

 • Jarred salsa, pasta sauce

 • Fresh herbs and spices, edible blossoms

 • Dried fruit, dried vegetables, trail mix

 • Fruit leathers, fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups

 • Fruit and nut mixtures

 • Fruit cocktails, cranberry sauce, pie filling

 • Baked goods containing fruit or vegetables

 • Infant or toddler fruits and vegetables

 • Maraschino cherries or products containing maraschino cherries

 • Squeezable fruit or vegetable pouches

Juice

Single Strength (48-ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple Apple & Eve, Essentials Everyday,  Giant Eagle, Juicy Juice, Lucky Leaf,  Musselman's, Red & White, Seneca,  Shurfine
Cranberry Apple & Eve: Naturally Cranberry,  Northland Traditional Cranberry
100% Grape
(purple or white)
Juicy Juice, Red & White, Shurfine
Juice Blends Apple & Eve: Cranberry Apple and  Cranberry Raspberry
Nestle Juicy Juice: All flavors
Pineapple Essentials Everyday, Shurfine

Single Strength (64-ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple America's Choice, Apple & Eve, Best  Yet, Essential Everyday, Food Club,  Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value,  Hytop, Krasdale, Lucky Leaf, Mott's,  Musselman's, Market Pantry, Old  Orchard, Red & White, Seneca, Shop  Rite, Shurfine, Tipton Grove, Weis  Quality
Cranberry Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Food  Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great  Value, Shurfine
Grape (purple, red or white) America's Choice, Best Yet, Essential  Everyday, Food Club, Giant, Giant  Eagle, Great Value, Hytop, Krasdale,  Market Pantry, Red & White, Shop  Rite, Shurfine, Tipton Grove, Value  Time, Weis Quality, Welch's
Orange Any Brand, calcium and vitamin D  added allowed
Pineapple Best Yet, Essential Everyday, Food  Club, Giant, Giant Eagle, Great  Value, Libby's, Shurfine
Tomato Campbell's (regular or low sodium)
Vegetable Campbell's V8 (regular or low sodium)
Juice Blends Apple & Eve—all flavors (including  Sesame Street) except ''Cranberry  Juice & More''
Juicy Juice—all flavors
Old Orchard—100% juice flavors, no  premium flavors

Frozen Concentrated (11 1/2-ounce to 12-ounce container, 100% pure juice):

Apple America's Choice, Best Yet, Essential  Everyday, Food Club, Giant,  Hannaford, Great Value, Market  Pantry, My Essentials, Old Orchard,  Seneca, Shop Rite, Shurfine, Tipton  Grove, Weis Quality
Apple Juice Blends Old Orchard (all flavors with green pull  tab top)
Orange Any brand (including calcium and  vitamin D added)
Grape Essential Everyday, Food Club, Giant,  Hannaford, Market Pantry Welch's  (all flavors with yellow pull tab top)
White Grape Juice Blends Welch's (all flavors with yellow pull tab  top)

Shelf Stable Concentrated (11 1/2-ounce to 12-ounce container, 100% pure juice):

 Welch's any flavor with yellow trim

Not Allowed: Ciders, cocktails, artificial sweeteners, food colorings, added sugar, alcohol, carbonation, fiber, omega 3s, DHA, ARA, beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin E, organic juice.

Cereal

Adult/Child Cereals:

 Minimum package size 12 ounces

General Mills: Cheerios (regular, multigrain)
Chex (wheat, corn, rice)
Dora the Explorer
Kix (regular, honey or berry berry)
Total (whole grain)
Fiber One Honey Clusters
Wheaties (regular flavor only)
Kellogg Co.: All Bran Complete Wheat Flakes
Corn Flakes
Crispix
Frosted Mini Wheats Original (Little  Bite, Bite Size)
Rice Krispies (regular)
Special K (regular)
Malto Meal, bag or box: Crispy rice, Honey & Oat Blenders  (regular or almond)
Maypo: Instant Maple Oatmeal
Nabisco: Cream of Wheat: Instant original, 1 minute, 2 1/2  minutes, 10 minutes, Whole Grain or  Healthy Grain
Post: Alpha-Bits
Grape-Nuts & Grape-Nut Flakes
Great Grains
Bran Flakes
Honey Bunches of Oats (Honey Roasted,  with Almonds, Cinnamon Clusters,  Vanilla Clusters)
Quaker Co.: Original Instant Grits
Crunchy Corn Bran
Life (regular flavor)
Oatmeal Squares (cinnamon or brown  sugar)
Sunbelt Bakery Simple Granola
Store Brand Cereal: Corn Flakes, Corn Squares-Biscuits,  Toasted Oats, Tasteeos, Rice  Squares-Biscuits: (America's Choice,  Essentials Everyday, Food Club,  Giant, Giant Eagle, Great Value,  Hannaford, Ralston Foods, Shop Rite,  Shurfine, Weis Quality)

Not Allowed: Individual serving boxes, organic cereal, any other brand or type of cereal.

Peanut Butter

 16-ounce to 18-ounce container, labeled ''Peanut Butter'' only

Not Allowed: Reduced fat peanut butter, peanut butter spread, peanut butter mixed with jelly, marshmallow, chocolate or honey, organic peanut butter, added omega 3s, DHA, ARA or artificial sweeteners.

Infant Formula

Contract Brand

Milk Based: Similac Advance
Soy Based: Similac Soy Isomil

 Other brands and types of formula must be specified on the WIC check.

Infant Foods

Infant Cereal: Brand specified on the WIC check: rice, oatmeal, barley, whole wheat or multigrain in 8-ounce or 16-ounce container.

Not Allowed: Organic varieties, variety pack, cereal with fruit, formula, yogurt, DHA or ARA.

Infant Fruits and Vegetables: Brand specified on the WIC check: 4-ounce containers of 100% fruits or vegetables.

Not Allowed: Desserts, organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, meats, yogurt, DHA, ARA, flour, starch, any other ingredients or squeezable pouches.

Infant Meats: Brand specified on the WIC check: 2 1/2-ounce containers of single ingredient meats (with or without gravy or broth).

Not Allowed: Organic varieties, mixed with salt, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, vegetables, fruit, DHA, ARA, flour, starch or any other ingredients.

Canned Fish

 Chunk Light Tuna, Pink Salmon or Sardines in 3 3/4-ounce, 5-ounce or 6-ounce cans only

Not Allowed: Products packed in oil, albacore tuna, brisling sardines, red salmon, organic fish.

Whole Grains

16-ounce packages:

Whole Wheat Bread and Rolls
Store Brands 100% Whole Wheat Bread:
 Acme, America's Choice, Best Yet, Essential Everyday,  Giant, Giant Eagle, Krasdale, Shoprite, Weis Quality

Arnold 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat  Bread
Bimbo 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Gold Medal 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Gourmet 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Harvest Pride 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Hauswald 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Monks Wheat Whole Grain Bread
Nature's Harvest 100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat  Bread
Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat with Honey
Nature's Promise 100% Whole Wheat
Nickles Country Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Pepperidge Farms Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat  Bread, Very Thin Soft 100%  Whole Wheat Bread
Sara Lee Classic 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Schmidt Old Time—100% Whole Wheat  Bread
Schwebel's 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Stern's Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Wheat  Rolls and Whole Wheat Hot Dog  Buns
Stroehmann Small 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Windmill Farms 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat  Bread—Hamotzie, 100%  Stoneground Whole Wheat  Bread—Mezonot, 6-pack Whole  Wheat Rolls
Wonder 100% Whole Wheat Bread

Tortillas

Store Brands:Giant Eagle Fajita Size Tortillas  White Corn or  Soft Taco size  whole wheat  Tortillas
Nature's Promise Corn All Natural  Tortillas
Giant Yellow or White  Corn or Whole  Wheat Tortillas
Celia's Yellow or White Corn
Chi Chi's White Corn Tortillas, Whole  Wheat Fajita Style
Don Pancho Yellow or White Corn Tortillas,  Whole Wheat Tortillas
Guerrero Corn Tortillas
La Banderita Corn Tortillas, Whole Wheat Soft  Taco, Whole Wheat Fajita  Tortillas
La Burrita Yellow Corn Tortillas
MexAmerican Whole Wheat with Honey
MiCasa Whole Wheat Tortillas
Mission Yellow Corn Extra Thin Tortillas  and Whole Wheat Tortillas
Ortega Whole Wheat Tortillas
Siempre Autentico Whole Wheat Tortillas

Whole Grain Brown Rice:

 Blue Ribbon, Mahatma, Uncle Ben's: Natural Whole Grain Brown Rice

 Store Brands: America's Choice, Best Yet, Essentials Every Day, Giant, Great Value, Shurfine, Weis Quality

Oats: 16-ounce packages: Mom's Best Natural Quick Oats

Whole Wheat Pasta 16-ounce

Essential Everyday: Whole Wheat Spaghetti
Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti
Whole Wheat Macaroni
Whole Wheat Penne
Shurfine: 100% Whole Wheat Pasta: Spaghetti, Penne Rigate
Weis Quality: Whole Wheat Penne Rigate
Whole Wheat Spaghetti
Whole Wheat Angel Hair

24-ounce packages:

Whole Wheat Bread and Rolls

Archer Farms 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Arnold 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Brownberry 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Essential Everyday 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Freihofer 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Gold Medal Natural or Premium 100% Whole  Wheat Bread
Gourmet 100% Whole Grain Bread
Nature's Promise Natural 100% Whole Grain Bread
Nickles Country Style 100% Whole Wheat  Bread
Pepperidge Farms Double Fiber, Farmhouse soft  100% Whole Wheat Bread,  Honey Oat, Oatmeal Bread, Soft  Honey Whole Wheat Bread,  Whole Grain 100% Whole  Wheat Bread
ShopRite 100% Stone Ground Wheat Bread,  Premium 100% Whole Wheat  Bread, Natural 100% Whole  Wheat Bread
Stroehmann Dutch Country 100% Whole  Wheat Bread, Family Grains  100% Whole Wheat Bread

Oats—Quaker Steel Cut Oats

Not Allowed: Any other package size, brand or type of whole grain products, organic whole grains, items with added omega-3s, dried fruits, seeds, nuts, extra calcium or vitamin D.

II. Contract Brand of Formula

 The WIC Program has entered into a contract with Abbott Laboratories to be the primary provider of infant formula for the WIC Program. The contract brand of infant formula is Similac Advance and Similac Soy Isomil. Other brands and types of formula must be specified on the WIC check to be authorized for purchase with a WIC check. The information contained herein is effective October 1, 2016.

 Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact Perce Morgan, Department of Health, Bureau of WIC, 625 Forster Street, 7 West Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-1289, or for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

KAREN M. MURPHY, PhD, RN, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-1687. Filed for public inspection September 30, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]



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