Infant Formula Prices and Availability: Final Report to Congress

Victor Oliveira, Mark Prell, David Smallwood, Elizabeth Frazao

E-FAN No. (02-001) 33 pp, October 2001

This final report responds to Congress's request for a study on the number of suppliers of infant formula in each State or major marketing area and comparison of the costs of formula that is included in USDA's WIC program versus that of other formula.

Keywords: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, WIC, infant formula, FANRR, E-FAN, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program

In this report ...

Chapters are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Abstract, Contents, Executive Summary, Definitions, 23 kb
• Introduction, 13 kb
• Overview of the WIC Program, 17 kb
• WIC Infant Formula Rebate Program, 23 kb
• Domestic Infant Formula Market, 26 kb
• Source of Data, 118 kb
• Availability of Infant Formula, 217 kb
• Retail Price of Infant Formula, 195 kb
• Conclusions, 8 kb
• References, 12 kb
• Appendix A, 16 kb

• Entire Document, 581 kb

Updated date: October 1, 2001