Nebraska is the first country to receive a Federal waiver to Block the purchase of soda drinks and energy drinks In light of the benefits program for low -income Americans known for a long time as food stamps.
This step, announced by US Agriculture Minister Brock Rollins on Monday, will affect about 152,000 people in Nebraska registered in Complementary nutrition assistance programOr surprise, which helps families pay the price of groceries.
“There is absolutely no reason to support taxpayers for the purchase of soda and energy drinks,” Jim Bellin, the governor of Nebraska, said in a statement. “Snap revolves around helping families in need of healthy food in their diets, but there is nothing feeding around the scrap that we remove with a concession today.”
Six other states – Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa, West Virginia – also submitted requests to waive some foods and drinks, or in some cases, expanding access to hot foods for the participants, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
The batch needed to ban sugary drinks, candy and more Snap program was a major axis in favor of Rollins and Minister of Health Robert F. Kennedy Junior.
Rollins described Monday as “a historical step to make America healthy again.”
Details of the waiver of Nebraska, which enter into force on January 1, was not immediately available. The defenders of Al -Jahara criticized, saying that it adds costs, enhances administrative burdens and increases the stigma for people who are already facing food insecurity.
Jenna Plata Nino, a deputy director of food research, said that the waiver “ignores contracts of evidence that it turns out that incentive-based methods-and not punitive restrictions-are the most effective and generous way to improve nutrition and reduce hunger.” & The work center, a non -profit support group.
Snap is a program of approximately $ 100 billion that serves about 42 million Americans and is run by the US Department of Agriculture and is managed through the states.
The program states under the 2008 Food and Food Law, which says the benefits of Snap can be used “for any food or food product intended for human consumption”, with the exception of alcohol, tobacco and hot foods, including that of immediate consumption.
Over the past twenty years, legislators in several states have suggested stopping the surprise of pushing everything from bottles and soda to chips, ice cream and “luxury meat” like a meat slice.
So far, the US Department of Agriculture has rejected the exemptions, saying that there have been no clear criteria to determine some good or bad foods. In addition, the agency said that the restrictions will be difficult to implement, complex and expensive, and will not necessarily change the nutritional purchases of the recipient or reduce health problems such as obesity.
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