3 more states join Indiana to ban junk food from SNAP benefits

3 more states join Indiana to ban junk food from SNAP benefits

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and U.S. Rep. Jim Baird join U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in signing waivers to remove junk food from SNAP in three more states.

Three more states ban sugary foods for SNAP purchases

Six states have now requested USDA waivers to bank “junk food”

Secretary Rollins signs SNAP waivers for three more states

(Washington, D.C., June 10, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, joined by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed three new food choice waivers to Make America Healthy Again.The signed waivers will amend the statutory definition of food for purchase for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP) in Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah, each commencing in 2026.“The Trump Administration is unified in i…

Trump admin approves waivers for 3 states to ban soda, other junk food from public food programs – Democratic Accent

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signed waivers with three states on Tuesday, allowing them to prohibit participants of the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) from buying junk food, like soda and candy, through the social welfare program.  Arkansas, Idaho and Utah became the latest states to obtain waivers from the federal government to begin banning junk food within the federally administered, but st…

Senator Banks leads Indiana Delegation visit with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins

WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) led a delegation of Indiana agriculture leaders in a meeting with President Trump’s United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to strengthen the collaboration between Indiana’s farmers, producers, and agricultural innovators and the USDA. Senator Banks was joined by representatives from the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Purdue University, AgriNovus India…