3 days ago
Texas moves to ban sodas and candy from SNAP purchases as restrictions grow
Terri Langford
The Texas Tribune
For years, Texas lawmakers have tried to stop food stamp recipients from purchasing snack food.
With support from the federal government, Texas' first step to root out unhealthy foods from the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program, or SNAP, will become reality after Senate Bill 379 from state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, made it through in the last week of the legislative session. It comes just four months after fellow Texan and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signaled to states that the agency would green light measures that prohibit SNAP recipients from using their subsidies to buy certain foods.
