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Infants and Children

SNAP Emergency Allotments are Ending

February 08, 2023 Cindy Long, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service

Soon, many SNAP households will experience a change to their benefit amounts. That’s because the temporary pandemic-related boost to SNAP benefits, known as emergency allotments (EA), is coming to an end.

Food and Nutrition Equity

Closer to Zero: Partnership to Protect Our Food

January 21, 2022 Dr. Pamela Starke-Reed, Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Research Service and Dr. Melanie Abley, Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Scientist

USDA is collaborating with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the Closer to Zero (C2Z) initiative. C2Z provides a crucial framework for the work that must be done to reduce heavy metal content in foods, but particularly in foods consumed by infants and children, our most vulnerable group.

Research and Science
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