This will result in 100% coverage by the end of 2018. Implementation of video monitoring on sow farms must be complete on 20% of production supplied to Walmart and Sam’s Club on sow farms by the end of 2014, with another 20% of production added each year for the next 4 years.
Each fresh pork supplier must have on-farm video monitoring for sow farms and will be subject to unannounced animal welfare video audits by an accredited and independent third-party. Specific new tracking and audit requirements include: Walmart and Sam’s Club will continue to only accept fresh pork from animals raised under the standards of the National Pork Board’s (NPB’s) Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Plus Program. Every fresh pork supplier will be required to meet the new program requirements. As a result, in addition to our current programs, Walmart and Sam’s Club are launching a new tracking and audit program for our fresh pork supply. We seek continuous improvement in animal welfare practices within our fresh pork supply chain. Currently, 83 WIC agencies provide services monthly to approximately one million participants at over 650 sites in local communities throughout the State.Animal Welfare - Swine Assurance PositionĪt Walmart and Sam’s Club we are committed to providing our customers with safe, affordable, and sustainable food as well as promoting the humane treatment of animals. Participants must meet income guidelines and other criteria. WIC also provides nutritional education, breastfeeding support, healthcare referrals, and other community services. The food benefits can be used to purchase healthy supplemental foods from approximately 4,000 WIC authorized vendor stores throughout the State. WIC helps California families by providing food benefits to individual participants based on their nutritional need and risk assessment. The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is a federally-funded health and nutrition program that provides assistance to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children under age five. The food items identified by UPC and PLU can be found in different tabs of the data file below. WIC EBT requires the vendor system to maintain the APL in order to match the scanned food items' UPC to ensure they are on the WIC APL. The WIC APL is a USDA mandated report critical to support the WIC EBT purchase. The WIC Authorized vendors will use the CA Authorized Product List (APL) to transact WIC food items at the cash register. Each item is uniquely identified by a Universal Product Code (UPC) or Price Look-Up code (PLU) for WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT). 
This dataset contains a list of all CA WIC authorized food items identified by food category and subcategory.
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