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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— (1) amend the covered Food Packages to require the inclusion of peanut-containing foods for the purposes of early introduction of potentially allergenic foods; and (2) ensure that all such peanut-containing foods eligible are safe for consumption by infants. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out subsection (a) in a manner consistent with the recommendations for early introduction of peanut-containing foods included in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, published under section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341). (c) In this section, the term covered Food Packages means Food Packages I and II under section 246.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended by the rule entitled Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions to the WIC Food Packages published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 28488).