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Infant Formula: Cost Containment and Competition in the WIC Program

HRD-90-122 Published: Sep 27, 1990. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 1990.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on infant formula cost-containment initiatives in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), focusing on the: (1) status of 86 WIC agencies' implementation of the initiatives; (2) effect of the initiatives on the cost of infant formula to the WIC program; and (3) structure of the infant formula industry and its effect on the initiatives.

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Child care programsCompetitive procurementCost controlCost effectiveness analysisDairy productsDisadvantaged personsFood relief programsFood services contractsPrice fixingSole source procurement