USDA to explore stricter SNAP retailer requirements
Story Date: 8/16/2013

Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 8/16/13
 

More Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefit trafficking – the illegal sale of SNAP benefits for cash or other ineligible items – is occurring in smaller-sized retailers stocking fewer healthy foods, a USDA audit, released Thursday, found.

The report indicates that not only does more trafficking occur in smaller stores, smaller stores have accounted for a vast majority of the 40% growth in the number of SNAP-authorized stores in the last year.

 
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