More Fish for Breastfeeding Moms The WIC supplemental food program helps certain children up to age five and their moms buy healthy foods. In 2007, a new list of WIC-approved foods came out. Both the amount of fish and the varieties of fish fully-breastfeeding moms can have were expanded. Now these special moms are offered 30 ounces total of canned salmon, canned mackerel, canned sardines, and canned light tuna.
This morning the Las Vegas Journal Review printed a story about a UNLV report that tested mercury in canned tuna. Several days ago the Journal Review reached out to NFI for some perspective on the pending study. This morning's article didn't provide quite as much insight into the perspective we provided so I thought I would share with you the facts we laid out for the reporter. Our letter is below:
January 26, 2010
