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USDA releases final rule on SNAP stock requirements

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently released rules requiring that SNAP-authorized food retailers stock at least seven (up from three in years past) varieties of items in each of USDA’s four staple food categories—Meat, poultry or fish; bread or cereals; vegetables or fruits; and dairy products. USDA took this step largely in order to address concerns that SNAP-authorized convenient and liquor stores were frequently failing to provide a basic selection of staple foods to their customers. Moreover, Congress expressed concerns that restaurants, including “you buy, we fry” establishments were circumventing prohibitions on the purchase of hot or prepared foods with SNAP funds.

This rule applies to food establishments whose inventory includes less than 50% of the aforementioned staple food items. This means that the vast majority of farmers markets won’t be affected by this rule change. USDA clarified that “The changes noted above will not impact farmer’s markets, direct-marketing farmers, military commissaries, and other relevant establishments as described in Sec. 4002 of the Act.”

More on the rule can be viewed on the USDA FNS website.

Source: Farmers Market Coalition
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