The criteria will change on Tuesday and look at various factors when determining whether a person is eligible for food assistance, despite household gross income.

The current criteria, established in 1994, is "very outdated," Claudine Kavanaugh, director of the FDA's Human Food Program's Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling, said at the news conference.

The United States Department of Agriculture Special Supplement Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) ...