The Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is proposing changes aimed at strengthening stocking requirements for retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Sept. 24..
SNAP retailers are required to stock three food varieties from four staple food groups—dairy, grain, protein, and fruits and vegetables, the USDA said.
The proposed rule “increases variety requirements to seven per staple food category, more than doubling the food choices available to SNAP participants,” the agency said.
It also “closes loopholes that allow certain snack foods to count as staple foods, emphasizing the importance of healthy, whole food.”…