Formula Guidance - WIC Staff

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Contract Transition

Minnesota WIC currently contracts with Enfamil and Soy Isomil formulas.

Formula waivers allowing substitute Enfamil formula products for WIC participants end April 29, 2023.

Participants are allowed to purchase the WIC contract Soy Isomil formula on their benefits, or alternate larger can sizes of those formula brands, through April 29, 2023.

COMMUNICATIONS
Formula Waivers Update (PDF) - Contract formula substitution extended to February 27, 2023 and other timelines.

Mead Johnson Contract Transition Update (PDF) - Additional substitutes due to continued supply concerns available on 10/29/22.

Current HuBERT Hints - 10/20/2022 - Issuing to new infants with syncing/partial packages and monitoring formula benefits.

Infant Formula Decision Tree (PDF) - Common formula feeding concerns; standard formula; infant formula decision tree; medical formulas.

Changing Formulas (PDF) - For participants: what to expect when changing baby's formula and how to safely switch to a new formula.

WIC Formula (Fórmula de WIC | Af Soomaali) - information on MDH WIC website for participants.

FORMULA DOCUMENTS
Infant Formula (PDF) - Effective October 1, 2022 - contract formula shopping guide inserts in English and Spanish.

MN WIC Infant Formulas - Effective October 1, 2022 (PDF) - A list of Similac contract formulas and the equivalent Enfamil formula for transitioning to the new contract formula.

MN WIC Contract Formula Amounts Guide (PDF) - Effective October 2022

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Shortage

Due to the nationwide formula shortage, MN WIC is able to temporarily continue to offer some substitutions for contract and medical formula.

UPC Codes - MN WIC APL (Approved Product List)

• Formula Issuance & Updates - 6/6/22 (PDF) - Formula issuance problems; changing formula more than once; formula replacement guidance; and formula availability & participant preference.
• Changing Formula Already Issued - 3/2/22 (PDF) - Cheat sheet for changing/replacing formula in HuBERT.

BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT
Breastfeeding Support During an Infant Formula Recall

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Formula Recall and Supply Issues

OTHER INFORMATION
Cronobacter Infection and Infants | CDC - If your participants have questions about how to safely prepare formula, you can refer them to their health care provider.

FDA Advises Parents and Caregivers to Not Make or Feed Homemade Infant Formula to Infants

American Academy of Pediatrics: Don't feed homemade formula to babies; seek help instead

FDA Encourages Importation of Safe Infant Formula and Other Flexibilities to Further Increase Availability

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