We published the Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Final Rule. To support retailer implementation, we are issuing this memo to describe the new minimum staple food stocking requirements across the four staple food categories: 1. Dairy; 2. Grains; 3. Protein; 4. Vegetables or Fruits. This memo also provides an updated list of accessory foods.
This memo transmits technical updates to the FNS Handbook 310 issued through QC Policy Memo 24-03.
We urge each third party processor to take proactive steps that support SNAP integrity and protect taxpayer dollars.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, requires the SNAP QC system use a tolerance level to set a monetary threshold for determining which QC errors are included in the calculation of payment error rates. This threshold is adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan. The threshold will increase from $58 in FY 2026 to $59 for FY 2027.
For FY27, we are continuing to offer state agencies a simplified option as changes from OBBB continue to be implemented. State agencies may not use a new SUA methodology to calculate their SUA values without approval from FNA and are required to update their SUA values each year.
This memorandum provides the FY 2027 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2026.
Given the importance of child support in uplifting families, we are rescinding the 2024 memo and reissuing the May 1, 2019 memo. We strongly encourages state agencies to not only review the 2019 memo, but also to evaluate and implement available opportunities to promote parental responsibility for the economic, social well-being, health, and stability of their children.
This informational webinar reviews the process to apply for the fiscal year 2026 Team Nutrition Training Grant: Growing Healthier Futures.
This is the recording from the FY 2026 Process Technology Improvement Grant Webinar held on June 17, 2026.
These questions and answers provide additional information on implementing Section 10102 of the OBBB, which changes exceptions from the time limit, restricts waivers of the time limit, and allows for good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii.