# Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP): Amendment Removing Priority Given to Women, Infants, and Children Before the Elderly in Program Participation
> **Food and Nutrition Service** · Final rule. · Published 2010-02-05 · Effective 2010-03-08 · 75 FR 5877
## Document
- **Document number:** 2010-2594
- **Category:** conservation
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Nutrition Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 75 FR 5877
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 247
- **Publication date:** 2010-02-05
- **Effective date:** 2010-03-08
- **USDA docket:** FNS-2009-0015
## Abstract

This final rule amends the regulations for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) by removing the priority given to women, infants, and children before the elderly in program participation, in accordance with the amendment made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill). As a result of this amendment, local agencies are no longer required to prioritize benefit issuance based on population group. All CSFP applicants may be treated equally when caseload slots become available, provided all eligibility requirements are met.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/02/05/2010-2594/commodity-supplemental-food-program-csfp-amendment-removing-priority-given-to-women-infants-and)
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