USDA Issues Final Rule Excluding Women And Children From Commodity Supplemental Food Program

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Under the amendments, women, infants, and children who applied to participate in CSFP after February 7, 2014, will be ineligible.
United States Food, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences

In the July 9, 2014, Federal Register, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service issued a final rule amending its Commodity Supplemental Food Program ("CSFP") regulations to phase out the eligibility of women, infants, and children, in accordance with the 2014 Farm Bill. Under the amendments, women, infants, and children who applied to participate in CSFP after February 7, 2014, will be ineligible, and the program will be available only to low-income elderly persons age 60 or above. The rule is effective on August 8, 2014.

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