Trump Administration Wants To Ban Soda From Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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RFK Jr. says he's working with 24 states "to get soda pops off the food stamp program."
The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda.
In an initiative championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the administration is encouraging states to change Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules to disallow certain unhealthy foods.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders leapt at the opportunity this month, filing an official request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, to restrict which foods are eligible for purchase with SNAP debit cards.
“Banning soda and candy from food stamps will remove some of the least-healthy, most-processed foods from the program and encourage low-income Arkansans to eat better,” Sanders said in a joint press release with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins.
Rollins said the approval process would move swiftly; if approved, the changes would take effect in July of next year. “I encourage more states across the nation to follow the bold lead of states like Arkansas as we Make America Healthy Again,” she said.
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