SNAP food-choice waivers, or SNAP Food Restriction waivers, allow states to restrict beneficiaries from using benefits to ...

Including the latest waivers, 18 states have now received clearance from the USDA to exclude food and beverage products from ...

A total of 12 states have now amended what's permitted as “food for purchase” for SNAP benefits recipients, including the ...

(Gray News) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for 18 states that ban the use of SNAP benefits to buy ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today announced that she has signed requests from six more states for waivers from the rules of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) so that the ...

Virginia will restrict SNAP purchases of sweetened sodas starting in 2026, part of a broader federal push to improve ...

Six more states are joining 12 others in adding waivers to the SNAP program, restricting the purchase of certain foods with ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved six new state SNAP food-choice waivers, including one submitted by Virginia, ...

Virginia has secured approval for a SNAP waiver that will restrict unhealthy food purchases starting in 2026 as part of the ...

Hawai’i, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee received permission from the USDA to restrict which ...

Anti-hunger advocates and grocers warn that the growing patchwork of state waivers could create disruptions for stores and ...

Tennessee joins Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Florida, West Virginia, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, ...