States are beginning to take action to ban food stamp recipients from using their food stamps for soda.
West Virginia will ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for a waiver that enables the state to prohibit using food stamps to buy soda, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced on March 28.
“Taxpayer dollars should be targeted toward nutritious foods,” Morrisey, a Republican, said during a press conference with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
He noted that the formal name of the food stamp program is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Morrisey at the end of the event signed a letter of intent to request waivers for changes to the SNAP program in West Virginia, the governor’s office said….