Spray Cheese Would Count as Staple Under Trump Food Stamp Rule

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Mike Dorning, Bloomberg News

May 30, 2019

Canned spray cheese, beef jerky and pimiento-stuffed olives would count as staple foods under a proposed Trump administration rule for the federal food stamp program.  The U.S. Agriculture Department says retailers would save money under the revised minimum stocking requirements for staple foods. But the nutrition advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest criticized the proposal Wednesday, saying it would harm low-income families’ access to healthy foods. Read it (and weep) here: