Bans on sugary foods in SNAP programs in five states challenged by recipients - Dodge City Daily Globe

Oklahoma Voice: Bans on sugary foods in SNAP programs in 5 states challenged by recipients

WASHINGTON — A group of food stamp recipients sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week over its efforts to prohibit the benefits from being used to purchase certain non-nutritious items.

Bans on sugary foods in SNAP programs in five states challenged by recipients - Dodge City Daily Globe

BY SHAUNEEN MIRANDAStates Newsroom WASHINGTON — A group of food stamp recipients sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week over its efforts to prohibit the benefits from being used to purchase certain non-nutritious items. Five consumers enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, brought the lawsuit March 11 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The recipients hail from Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska…

Lawsuit #2: SNAP restrictions - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement now counts 22 states as having passed laws eliminating sodas and sometimes other sweet foods from what SNAP recipients are allowed to buy with their electronic benefit cards. I am often asked what I think about these laws.  I can argue them either way. Pro: Even with these restrictions, SNAP recipients can continue to buy sugar-sweetened beverages with their own money; the government should not supp…