Tsoomfwv Meskas cov tub ceev xwm ua liaj ua teb tau thov kev hloov pauv rau hnub Thursday rau tsoomfwv txoj haujlwm uas pab them cov nqi khoom noj rau cov poj niam cev xeeb tub tau nyiaj tsawg, menyuam mos thiab menyuam yaus, suav nrog txuas ntxiv kev them nyiaj rau cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo tshiab thiab zaub tau tso cai thaum lub sijhawm COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw.
Qhov hloov tshiab tseem ntxiv cov nplej tag nrho, cov ntses hauv kaus poom thiab cov khoom noj uas tsis yog mis nyuj rau lawv lub tawb nqa khoom. Kev siv zog yog txhawm rau nthuav dav cov naj npawb thiab hom zaub mov noj qab haus huv muaj rau cov tsev neeg uas tau txais kev pab los ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb txoj haujlwm hu ua WIC, cov thawj coj tau hais.
Stacy Dean, tus thawj coj saib xyuas kev noj qab haus huv, khoom noj khoom haus, thiab kev pabcuam rau cov neeg siv khoom tau hais tias "cov lus pom zoo no yuav txhawb kev noj qab haus huv ntawm lub neej thiab muaj kev kaj siab rau yav tom ntej rau ntau lab tus menyuam yaus.
Cov kev hloov kho yuav ua rau cov nyiaj them tas mus li uas tau tso cai los ntawm Congress thaum lub sijhawm COVID-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw uas tau nce daim npav rau txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub rau $ 25 ib hlis rau cov menyuam hnub nyoog 1 txog 5 xyoos thiab txog $ 49 ib hlis rau cov poj niam pub niam mis.
"Qhov kev nce ntawm cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub no tau ua rau nws txaus siab rau cov tsev neeg kom muaj lawv cov menyuam nyob rau hauv txoj haujlwm ntev," said Geraldine Henchy, tus thawj coj ntawm txoj cai noj zaub mov rau lub koom haum Food Research & Action Center, uas tau qhuas txog cov kev hloov pauv. "Cov menyuam yaus nyiam txiv hmab txiv ntoo."
Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, txoj kev npaj yuav txo qis qee yam khoom noj, piv txwv li txo lossis tshem tawm cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo tso cai rau qee tus neeg tau txais. Nws kuj tseem txo cov mis nyuj thiab cheese uas tau them raws li qhov kev zov me nyuam, ib qho kev txav uas ua rau muaj kev thuam tam sim los ntawm kev lag luam mis nyuj.
"Nws yog hmoov tsis zoo rau cov neeg koom nrog WIC tias txoj cai tau thov yuav txo qis kev nkag mus rau cov khoom siv mis nyuj thiab cov khoom noj tshwj xeeb uas lawv muab," International Dairy Foods Association thiab National Milk Producers Federation tau hais hauv nqe lus.
Ntau tshaj 6.2 lab tus poj niam cev xeeb tub, leej niam, menyuam mos thiab menyuam yaus koom nrog txoj haujlwm txhua xyoo. Tam sim no tsoomfwv tau them txog $ 5 nphom hauv ib xyoos los khiav txoj haujlwm, uas yog tswj hwm los ntawm cov xeev thiab lwm lub tebchaws. Qhov Kev Pab Cuam Ntxiv rau Cov Poj Niam, Cov Me Nyuam thiab Cov Me Nyuam muab vouchers rau cov niam thiab cov me nyuam uas tsim nyog thiab tshwj xeeb teev cov nqi thiab hom zaub mov uas lawv tuaj yeem yuav.
Cov kev hloov pauv rau WIC tseem yuav nthuav dav nkag mus rau tag nrho cov nplej, suav nrog cov khoom noj los ntawm ntau haiv neeg, suav nrog quinoa, xiav pob kws thiab teff, ib qho qub East African cereal nyom. Txoj kev npaj tseem tso cai rau ntau yam kev xaiv tsis yog mis nyuj, suav nrog cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab cheese, thiab yuav tsum muaj cov mis tsis muaj lactose.
"Nws qhia txog qhov tseeb tias tib neeg sib txawv muaj peev xwm zam tau ntau yam khoom noj," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Liaj Ua Teb Tom Vilsak tau hais.
Ntau cov ntses hauv kaus poom, xws li tuna, yuav muaj xws li yooj yim-rau-npaj taum, ntxiv rau taum qhuav, cov thawj coj tau hais. Txoj kev npaj tseem yuav hloov tus nqi ntawm cov mis mos uas muab rau cov me nyuam mos noj mis ib nrab.
Kev nce daim voucher rau txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub rau $ 25 ib hlis thaum muaj kev sib kis tau tso cai rau Elizabeth Loya, 28, ntawm Los Angeles, txhawb nqa nws tus ntxhais 4 xyoos, Gisselle, coj mus kuaj cov zaub mov tshiab.
"Nws sim Brussels sprouts thiab, ob lub lis piam dhau los, nws sim asparagus," Loya hais. "Nws nyiam lawv."
Cov kev hloov pauv uas tau hais tseg yog raws li daim ntawv tshaj tawm xyoo 2017 los ntawm National Academies of Science, Engineering thiab Medicine thiab National Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Lawv yuav raug soj ntsuam tom qab peb lub hlis kev tawm tswv yim rau pej xeem. ___
Zaj dab neeg no tau raug kho los kho Geraldine Henchy lub npe. Nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm txoj cai noj zaub mov rau Food Research & Action Center, tsis yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub chaw.
