Are authorized farmers included in the pool of vendors that must have compliance buys?
No. On page 68971 of the December 6th interim rule, the preamble states The farmers may also be excluded from the WIC monitoring requirements provided they are included in the sample of farmers upon which the FMNP monitoring requirement is drawn. Under the FMNP, State agencies must do on-site reviews of a minimum of 10 percent of farmers and 10 percent of farmers markets, which includes those farmers and markets identified as being the highest risk.
No. On page 68971 of the December 6th interim rule, the preamble states “The farmers may also be excluded from the WIC monitoring requirements provided they are included in the sample of farmers upon which the FMNP monitoring requirement is drawn.” Under the FMNP, State agencies must do on-site reviews of a minimum of 10 percent of farmers and 10 percent of farmers markets, which includes those farmers and markets identified as being the highest risk. d. If we authorize farmers to accept the F&V benefit, will we need to track their redemptions via peer group like other vendors? The peer group requirements do not apply to farmers. Further, State agencies do not need to track the cash-value voucher redemptions of vendors or farmers to apply maximum allowable reimbursement levels per peer group.
