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Mississippi Governor Seeks Waiver to Limit Junk Food Purchases Through SNAP
Governor Tate Reeves seeks to promote nutritious meals by banning sugary processed foods on SNAP and allowing hot prepared chicken purchases, affecting 357,000 households, officials said.
- On Oct. 31, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves requested a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to ban sugary processed foods and allow hot prepared chicken, including rotisserie chicken, with SNAP benefits.
- Following the federal shutdown, MDHS announced SNAP benefits for November will not be issued and expire at the end of October, causing a benefits pause starting Saturday, November 1.
- The waiver would specify that processed foods listing sugar, cane sugar, corn syrup or high fructose corn syrup as the first or second ingredient would be barred, while single-ingredient sugars used for cooking and beverages listing aspartame or noncaloric sweeteners would remain eligible.
- About 357,000 Mississippi households could be affected by SNAP changes, and the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus urged emergency action as benefits face a pause.
- The governor tied the waiver to a national health effort and proposed pairing it with the Double Up Food Bucks Program, saying it aligns with the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s mission to Make America Healthy Again.
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MS governor seeks ban on sugary food, drinks paid with SNAP
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announced Friday that he is seeking a waiver that would restrict the use of SNAP benefits to purchase sugary food and drinks. The governor also requested a waiver allowing the purchase of hot prepared chicken with the use of SNAP benefits. (Getty Images) These requests come as SNAP benefits expired for millions of families nationwide due to the ongoing government shutdown. “Welfare benefits are a…
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves also requested a waiver allowing the purchase of hot prepared chicken using SNAP benefits and barring some foods.
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