WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Food and Nutrition Service has issued a rule called: Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 8 by Stephen Vaden, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Summary: This rule codifies a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties for meeting staple food stocking requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This rule is needed to implement the previously codified provision of the Agricultural Act of 2014 which increased the minimum number of staple food varieties a SNAP retailer must carry from three to seven in each of four stap...