Just recently USDA's secretary, Tom Vilsack announced the provisions that will be made for all retail participants of SNAP. Retailers are now required to increase their inventory and offer food options that are more nutritious.
Vilsack states the following about the provisions:
"This final rule balances the need to improve the healthy staple foods
available for purchase at participating stores, while maintaining food
access for SNAP recipients in under-served rural and urban areas...We received many helpful comments on the proposed rule and
have modified the final rule in important ways to ensure that these dual
goals are met. I am confident that this rule will ensure the retailers
that participate in SNAP offer a variety of healthy foods for purchase
and that SNAP recipients will continue to have access to the stores they
need to be able to purchase food."
Source: USDA, 12/8/16, Read the full release >
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