{"id":209778,"date":"2026-09-07T20:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=209778"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:46:09","slug":"snap-ban-being-put-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/09\/07\/snap-ban-being-put-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"SNAP ban being put on hold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; A ban on the purchase of certain surgary drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u00a0(SNAP)\u00a0benefits is being delayed in Ohio. The ban, originally slated to begin October 1, is being put on hold at the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food and Nutrition Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, FNA approved a waiver allowing Ohio to restrict the use of SNAP benefits to purchase certain beverages, including fountain drinks and carbonated sugary beverages. Specifically, the waiver restricts the use of SNAP benefits for purchasing beverages that list sugar, corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, or similar caloric sweeteners as the primary ingredient \u2013 or as the second ingredient if the first is carbonated water.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/snap-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170839\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The FNA recently requested Ohio to delay implementation so that FNA can issue a notice in the Federal Register and assess public comments prior to project implementation. In response, Ohio is pausing the start of the sugary beverage ban until it receives further guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal was based on\u00a0<u>recommendations<\/u>\u00a0from a\u00a0work group\u00a0convened by Governor Mike DeWine in June of last year. Over three months, the group evaluated a wide range of data and expert input, including the impact of nutrition on children\u2019s health, the history and purpose of SNAP, retail logistics, and implementation feasibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workgroup noted that many health experts agree these drinks are widely recognized as having little to no nutritional value and are linked to chronic health conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. The group recommended a clear definition of restricted beverages to support ease of implementation for retailers and to ensure that SNAP recipients can easily understand what is and isn\u2019t eligible for purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; A ban on the purchase of certain surgary drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u00a0(SNAP)\u00a0benefits is being delayed in Ohio. The ban, originally slated to begin October 1, is being put on hold at the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food and Nutrition Administration. Earlier this year, FNA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 02:49:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209779,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209778\/revisions\/209779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}