{"id":1744,"date":"2026-02-18T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/confusion-and-more-chaos-as-states-implement-snap-food-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:01:55","slug":"confusion-and-more-chaos-as-states-implement-snap-food-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/confusion-and-more-chaos-as-states-implement-snap-food-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Confusion and \u2018More Chaos\u2019 as States Implement SNAP Food Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pulled-sidebar pulled-sidebar-center\">\n<div class=\"pulled-sidebar-title\">Article Summary<\/div>\n<p>\u2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved waivers in 18 states, allowing for the first ever restrictions on food purchases through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.<br \/>\n\u2022 Those on the ground in states that have already implemented these restrictions report confusion over what items are now prohibited.<br \/>\n\u2022 Retailers want more clarity on how these restrictions will be enforced, while warning that the cost of compliance could increase food prices for all consumers.<br \/>\n\u2022 Given additional policy changes and increased scrutiny of the program, retailers, food policy experts, and SNAP households are concerned about the longterm impacts.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Summary \u2022 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved waivers in 18 states,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}