SNAP restricts buying soda, candy, other foods from US stores
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Starting January 1, Americans in five states who receive food stamps from the government to pay for groceries were restricted from buying soda, candy, and other foods they could, earlier, buy with those benefits.
Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia were the first of at least 18 states that enacted waivers prohibiting the purchase of certain foods through the Supplemental Nutrition