For more information on the Abbott recall and related USDA waivers, please visit the link below.

WIC participants have the same rights as all other consumers under this recall and may follow directions from Abbott, provided via or 1-80 for returning recalled product.Īdditionally, USDA has allowed waivers specific to the current formula recall, and those flexibilities are mainly intended for WIC agencies with Abbott as their contract formula brand. It is not required and FNS does not recommend that WIC State agencies require vendors to determine whether a product was purchased with WIC benefits as a part of the exchange process. USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) strongly encourages State agencies to provide maximum flexibility for participants to exchange recalled product as quickly as possible, following the same procedures for all other consumers. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides at no cost: Healthy foods like, milk, cheese, yogurt, cereal, whole. Abbott states on its website that consumers may return recalled product to the vendor where it was purchased. WIC improvements are responsible for broad community-wide gains. WIC participants have the same rights as all other consumers under this recall. The proposed changes to the WIC food package will benefit low-income communities of color as a whole by progressing equitable access to healthy foods. As it stands, individuals who have formulas affected by the Abbott recall are encouraged to: A Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is open to women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have already delivered.

Since Abbott is not our contract formula, the recent Abbott recall has only impacted a fraction of our Oklahoma WIC clientele. WIC is healthy food, breastfeeding support, nutrition education and help with keeping YOUR family healthy WIC can even link you to other health and social services. The Oklahoma WIC Program utilizes Gerber brand infant formula as our statewide contract formula. Quality Improvement and Evaluation ServiceĪbbott has initiated a voluntary recall of certain powdered formulas, including some varieties of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare.

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