Twelve U.S. states have officially adopted waivers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restrict what kinds of ...

Six more states have banned junk food purchases from being bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Oklahoma's waiver request to exclude certain junk foods from the Supplemental ...

The new waivers will go into effect next year and impact residents in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and West ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has allowed Colorado to exempt sugary beverages and soda from being purchased with ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday approved a waiver from Colorado seeking to exempt soda and sugary beverages from ...

Waivers for Florida, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and West Virginia were signed to eliminate soft drinks and candy from the SNAP program.

The USDA, which oversees SNAP, first announced a plan to make states share benefit recipient data in a directive issued in ...

In announcing the states’ lawsuit, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the 'unprecedented' demand 'violates all kinds of ...

Michigan is among the states that sued the federal government over a pending rule that seeks extensive access to the records ...

U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a waiver Monday that ends the purchase of junk food using SNAP benefits in Louisiana.

Thirty-seven percent of our adults and 17 percent of our youth, ages 6 through 17, are suffering from obesity,” Reynolds said ...