{"id":124319,"date":"2025-03-10T14:28:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/blw\/new-house-bill-to-allow-healthier-foods-for-low-income-families-on-wic-bambinos-baby-food\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:28:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:28:54","slug":"new-house-bill-to-allow-healthier-foods-for-low-income-families-on-wic-bambinos-baby-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=124319","title":{"rendered":"New House Bill to Allow Healthier Foods for Low Income Families on WIC \u2013 Bambinos Baby Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Young, provides fresh, more healthful food alternatives to WIC families <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>ANCHORAGE, AK <\/span><span>(February 11, 2021) \u2013 After two years of cooperative work to eliminate unnecessary rules that limit the types of foods parents can purchase for their babies under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced a bill to help parents on public assistance provide for their children. If passed, financially burdened families would have access to healthy, balanced meals offering protein, grains and veggies. The bill would also offer WIC recipients fresh, frozen and natural alternatives to the shelf-stable, less-nutritious options to which they often are limited. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><span>Infants Need Food and Nutrition Today (INFANT) Act <\/span><span>(HR 784) would positively affect up to 3 million infants and tod<\/span><span>dlers in the WIC system, according to Zoi Maroudas, president and founder of Bambino\u2019s Baby Food, the Anchorage-based company that worked with Young on the bill. Young introduced the bill on Wednesday, Feb. 3., just one day prior to a <\/span><span>report <\/span><span>introduced by a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform that found unacceptable levels of heavy metals in many baby foods. Having access to more healthful choices helps parents ensure their babies are getting the nutri<\/span><span>tion they need without such dangerous byproducts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman Young and Bambino\u2019s worked on the <a href=\"https:\/\/donyoung.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401888\" title=\"infact act bill presented by congressman do young and Zoi maroudas founder of Bambinos baby food to eliminate unnecessary regulation to allow healthier food for low income families\">INFANT bill <\/a>for over three years,\u201d Maroudas said. \u201cThis bill was first put forth in the summer of 2019, but then COVID-19 happened and it was put on hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Congressman Young said the INFANT Act levels the playing field so <\/span><span>all <\/span><span>children have access to proper nutrition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAlaska is home to countless farmers, fishermen, and producers whose products could benefit the health of Alaska\u2019s chil<\/span><span>dren, and the mothers in our state who rely on WIC to feed their little ones should be afforded the option of purchasing healthy, locally sourced foods,\u201d he said. \u201cI encourage my friends on both sides of the aisle to support my legislation for the sake of Alaska\u2019s children \u2013 and children across our nation.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maroudas agrees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are pleased that our bill will be recognized for its importance, and reintroduced to this new administration, especially in light of COVID-immune challenges,\u201d Maroudas said. \u201cAt the end of the day, all children should have access to safe and healthy baby food options, and the INFANT Act can help that become a reality.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under current WIC regulations, inclusive meals composed of protein (chicken, beef or seafood), vegetables and grains are not allowed. WIC also does not allow for fresh frozen organic products, or for certain package sizes, which forces WIC fami<\/span><span>lies to opt for shelf-stable products that aren\u2019t as nutritious, and also produce more food-packaging waste. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With the passage of the INFANT Act, Maroudas says children will be set up for much better success as their bodies and minds grow and develop. Maroudas, who was born in Greece, but raised in Anchorage, is a medical professional and expert in the Mediterranean diet. Her mission with Bambino\u2019s is to create a product line that promotes well-balanced eating habits for developing children, which is why she was motivated to work with Congressman Young on HR 784. Her company\u2019s 20- plus products are made in Anchorage, with all-Alaska ingredients. They are non-GMO, kosher, organic and natural, with no <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>preservatives.<br \/>To see the original bill Congressman Young presented on July 17, 2019, go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/donyoung.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401370\" title=\"infant act to remove USDA regulations that discriminate from healthier food options to be allowed for low income famlies on WIC \"><span>HR 3818<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span>Zoi Maroudas<br \/>President &#8211; Founder<br \/>(907)\u00a0248-0902<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zoi@bambinosbabyfood.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young, provides fresh, more healthful food alternatives to WIC families ANCHORAGE, AK (February 11, 2021) \u2013 After two years of cooperative work to eliminate unnecessary rules that limit the types of foods parents can purchase for their babies under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced a bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[2047,52643,6795,13575,2074,7880,14476,594,10975,54603],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-124319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blw","tag-baby","tag-bambinos","tag-bill","tag-families","tag-food","tag-foods","tag-healthier","tag-house","tag-income","tag-wic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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