For decades, the junk food industry successfully lobbied federal officials to allow SNAP recipients to use their benefits to buy items such as soft drinks, candy, and other sugar-filled, ...

Food stamps are often framed as a ticket to cheap chips and soda, but the rules at the register are far more specific than that stereotype suggests. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2026, several states are set to prohibit individuals from purchasing certain junk food items using their federal benefits. Meg ...

A growing number of states are set to change what millions of Americans can buy with food assistance benefits, as new rules aimed at limiting unhealthy purchases roll out in 2026. Several states will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beginning in early 2026, the Florida Department of Children and Families will implement changes to the Supplemental Nutrition ...

More than 200,000 lives and billions of dollars in health costs could be saved if political leaders developed an appetite to ...

The first five state bans will impact about 1.4 million people. The New Year is bringing new restrictions and bans for Americans living in five states who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Missouri's request to restrict the use of food stamps for the purchase of some junk food items, according to a news release from the USDA. Starting in ...

More than 1.4 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program across five states will be banned from using federal food assistance for candy and soda purchases, starting Thursday.

The head of the Department of Human Services says there are logistical problems with proposals to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for junk food. Research has ...

Vermonters using food stamps may soon find that “junk food” is no longer on the menu. According to published reports, the Scott administration is seeking a federal waiver that would ban the purchase ...