A bill has passed through the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee that would help alleviate some of those concerns by establishing the Pennsylvania Food Bucks Program. To view our latest ...

The bill, also known as the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act, would strengthen state laws that control food advertising to stop "junk food companies" from pushing addictive and unhealthy ...

Governors in four states are asking the federal government for waivers allowing them to prevent SNAP recipients from using their benefits to purchase what one governor calls “taxpayer-funded junk food ...

Eight artificial dyes will be eliminated from medications and the nation's food supply by the end of 2026, including those found in candy, ice cream, soft drinks and jams, according to Health and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be delivering on a campaign promise to ban artificial food dyes by announcing the phasing out of eight petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation’s ...

“As Secretaries, I ask that you work collaboratively across the Administration to prohibit the sale of junk food in SNAP and end taxpayer-funded junk food," the letter said. "I also wish to ...

"Healthier food, though good for you, is around three times more expensive than junk food," she explained. "Most families living in food insecurity live off junk food because they can purchase ...

Food purchasing patterns are roughly the same between SNAP and non-SNAP families, USDA research shows. Prohibitions also do little to address the root causes of food insecurity, as SNAP recipients ...

SNAP benefits—often referred to as "food stamps"—are distributed across ... it is a problem of the price differential in choosing healthy or junk foods. "Soda and candy are much cheaper ...

Experts say the state efforts to add soda and candy to the prohibited list is likely to be effective in shifting SNAP recipients away from junk food. "If they have to spend their own money on junk ...