Retailers Have Been Working to Reverse West Virginia Ban on Food Stamps for Sugary Drinks

Retailers have been working to reverse West Virginia ban on food stamps for sugary drinks

West Virginia retailers had to make a range of changes to implement West Virginia’s waiver preventing benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from being used to buy drinks with sugar and artificial flavorings. Now they have been making changes to back out of the ban. Last month, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia struck down federal agriculture department waivers that allowed sev…

West Virginia retailers told to allow people to purchase soda with SNAP benefits

In light of a federal court decision last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed retailers in West Virginia that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to again allow people to use SNAP to purchase soda.