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This week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins continued to make history, signing federal waivers banning certain junk ...
Starting next year, Floridians who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will no longer be able to purchase certain processed foods and drinks.
People in the Mountain State will no longer be able to buy soda with SNAP starting January 2026. According to a press release ...
Oklahoma will prohibit SNAP recipients from buying soda, candy and more under a new rule starting Jan. 1, 2026.
Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...
Florida will soon exclude soda, candy, prepared desserts, and energy drinks from SNAP benefits. Here's how the USDA describes the four exclusions.
“Oklahoma finds that a portion of SNAP funds are currently spent on non-nutritive items, such as soft drinks and candy, which contribute to obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases, ...
A new bill introduced in the South Carolina Legislature seeks to impose limits on what can be purchased with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( ...
"It’s common sense - making sure taxpayer dollars aren’t funding the very foods that fuel obesity, diabetes, and chronic ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday approved a change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to remove soda, candy and more from the food that can be purchased using these ...
Source: Nadiia Borovenko / Getty USDA officials approved waivers for six more states to restrict junk food purchases with SNAP benefits. Beginning in 2026, recipients in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, ...
Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) has received federal approval to implement a new restriction on the purchase of soda using Supplemental ...