2025 Authorized Foods List Submission Period Now Closed!

The Maryland WIC Program is updating its Authorized Foods List. The open submission period closed on April 4, 2025. Review and approvals are currently underway for those that submitted to be included in the 2025 Authorized Foods List.

The following are items that require submission and approval:

• Breakfast Cereal
• Juice – 64 ounce containers
• Whole Wheat/Whole Grain Bread and Rolls
• Soft Corn & Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Whole Wheat/Whole Grain Pasta
• Oats, Quinoa, Bulgur (cracked wheat), Cornmeal (including blue), & Buckwheat
• Tofu
• Dry Milk Whole and Nonfat Milk (cow)
• Plant-Based Milk​
• Yogurt
• Fish - Sardines, Pink Salmon, & Chunk Light Tuna
  

The following items will NOT require submission but are new this year to Maryland WIC:

• Dried Fruits & Vegetables ***NEW***
• Fresh Herbs ***NEW***​

For more details and instructions or if you have any questions about the 2025 WIC Authorized Foods List, please contact us at WIC.foodslist@maryland.gov. 

Current Authorized Foods List

I​f you have any questions about the current WIC Authorized Foods List, please contact us at WIC.foodslist@maryland.gov. Additional food items that have been approved for purchase since the last printing can be found below.

• Authorized Foods List 2021 — Effective October 2021
• ​​​Lista de Alimentos Autorizados 2021 — Fecha de Entrada en Vigor octubre 2021​​
  
• ​​Additions to Foods List - Updated January 2025 ​​​​​​
  
• Alimentos añadidos a la Lista de Alimentos - Actualizado enero de 2025​​​​​
  

WIC Authorized Product Search

Su​bmitting products to the WIC Approved Products List (APL)

Forms and Documents

• Minimum Required Stock for Stores with 1-3 Cash Registers ​​​
  
• Minimum Required Stock for Stores with more than 4 Cash Registers ​
  
• Minimum Stock Checklist for Stores with 1-3 Cash Registers
  
• Minimum Stock Checklist for Stores with more than 4 Cash Registers​​​
  
• Welcome to WIC Vendor Videos
• Authorized Infant Formula and ​Medical Foods Supplier Directory  ​​​​​​
• Vendor Manual
• Vendor Guidance for Lane Signage ​​​​​
  
• Complaint Form
  
• Vendor Supply Request F​orm ​​​​​​​​​
  
• Code of Maryland​ Regulation (COMAR) 10.54.03 – Retail Food an​d P​harmacy Vendors