Giant Food Stores, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

Giant Food Stores, Inc., stores #41 and #48, petitions for review of orders of the Pennsylvania Department of Health (Department), which removed both stores from the WIC program, a special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The WIC program is a federally funded and regulated program implemented by the Department in Pennsylvania. It is a supplemental food program for low income, pregnant or post-partum women who are at nutritional risk because of medical problems or poor diet (WIC Program Handbook). In…