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Today, at the direction of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk issued guidance to all state agencies directing them to enhance identity and immigration verification practices when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Secretary Brooke Rollins applauded a pledge by the International Dairy Foods Association to eliminate artificial colors in milk, cheese, and yogurt products sold to K-12 schools for the National School Lunch and Breakfast programs.

USDA issued a memorandum to all state agencies administering SNAP making it clear states must ensure SNAP benefits are provided with an expectation that those who can work, do.

USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins joined Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today as the Governor submitted a waiver to USDA to ban soda and candy from and include hot rotisserie chicken in Arkansas’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Today U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services John Walk engaged in formal consultation with Tribal Nations on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.  The consultation continues USDA’s practice of regular government-to-government dialogue on this important nutrition program. 

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins Thursday collaborated on their first Make America Healthy Again event during a visit to Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School in Alexandria, VA where they participated in a healthy snack time with students and met facility staff. 

Today, USDA's Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services is taking steps to end government inefficiencies by issuing a stern warning to state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, demanding immediate action to address unacceptable delays in processing applications and recertifications.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today directed FNS to immediately clarify and enforce all rules restricting its beneficiaries to U.S. citizens and legal residents only. 

USDA today released the following statement regarding the Government Accountability Office’s review of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack’s choice to modify the longstanding SNAP obligation practice.

USDA announced that people recovering from the impact of recent wildfires and straight-line winds may be eligible for food assistance through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.