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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 ...
The state has now shared when soda drinks will no longer be available to be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds.
Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...
The removal of soda from West Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin at the start of the new year.
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 ...
Some believe the Make America Healthy Again initiative isn't in the best interest of West Virginians, while others are all for it.
Nine Republican states have so far taken steps to regulate food since Kennedy took office with an endorsement from the ...
Beginning Jan. 1, SNAP recipients in Florida will no longer be able to use the benefit on soda, energy drinks, candy or ...
West Virginia just received the green light to remove soda from food stamps/SNAP, which could help cut down on teen soda ...
Earlier this summer, though, state officials split soda and hot food into separate waiver requests. This week, in an ...