The Trump administration on Monday approved six additional states seeking to ban food stamp recipients from purchasing processed food.

A growing number of U.S. states are redefining the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Recently ...

USDA and HHS sign six new state waivers to eliminate junk food from SNAP purchases Waivers take effect in 2026 across Florida ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed six Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers on Monday to strike sugary drinks and candy as eligible purchases from the program. Joined by Secre ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has partnered with him to get soda and other unhealthy foods out of SNAP, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is now maintaining a map showing where waivers ...

SNAP is funded by federal tax dollars but administered by state governments, and states can make changes by submitting waivers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

In TN’s waiver request, sodas are defined as any drink where the first two ingredients are carbonated water and sugar, ...

The federal government has approved the state’s waiver aimed at reducing the purchase of nonnutritive food and drink items.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a waiver Monday that ends the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in ...

GOP Governors Lead Charge on Nixing Sugary Snacks from SNAP Benefits Pepsi bottles at a store in Compton, Calif., in 2017.(Mike Blake/Reuters) By Audrey Fahlberg About Audrey Fahlberg ...

Tennessee has joined a growing list of states seeking a waiver to further restrict items available from residents receiving ...

(WHTM) — A new bill proposes changing the types of foods that are covered under Pennsylvania’s SNAP program.