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USDA spends $5 million on SNAP fraud investigation SD newspaper would have done for free

By Dan Flynn on June 5, 2020

A year ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 vote that USDA can keep secrets about its most costly program.

It was last June that the Supreme Court denied the Sioux Falls Argus…
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High Court says USDA can keep secrets about $70 billion in SNAP spending

By Dan Flynn on June 26, 2019

The Argus Leader did not ask for much. It just wanted to know where the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food stamp spending ended up. That was more than a decade ago when SNAP…
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Trump wants a single federal food safety agency put under USDA

By Dan Flynn on June 22, 2018

President Donald J. Trump wants to consolidate federal food safety under a single agency housed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

President Barack Obama also wanted to consolidate food safety, only he preferred housing it…
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State ag leaders put food safety on priority list for 2018 farm bill

By News Desk on February 2, 2017

Before it wrapped up its meetings this week in Washington D.C., the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) agreed to priorities for the 2018 farm bill.

If that seems a little pre-mature, it’s…
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Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017

By Dan Flynn on January 2, 2017

Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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School Lunch ‘Shrinkage’ Aside, USDA Food and Nutrition Spending Will Grow in 2015

By Dan Flynn on March 6, 2014

At least 1.6 million students who previously paid for their own lunches at National School Lunch Program cafeterias have dropped out because they don’t like the new menus or the associated price increases, the U.S.
Continue Reading School Lunch ‘Shrinkage’ Aside, USDA Food and Nutrition Spending Will Grow in 2015

AMA, Mayors Say Food Stamps Should Not Buy Soft Drinks

By James Andrews on June 25, 2013

This article has been updated to reflect additional information and include a post-publication interview with Edward Cooney, Executive Director of the Congressional Hunger Center. The American Medical Association, along with a coalition of 18 mayors,…
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Q&A with Author Marion Nestle on Food Politics, SNAP, and Food Safety

By James Andrews on June 18, 2013

Best-selling food author Marion Nestle paid a quick visit to Food Safety News during a stop in Seattle to discuss food politics, the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), and food…
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Senate Agriculture Comittee Clears Farm Bill

By News Desk on May 15, 2013

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday marked up and approved a new farm bill 15-5. While this mega-legislation that sets farm policy for five years is mostly focused on nutrition programs like SNAP and commodity…
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My Food Stamp Challenge

By Suzanne Schreck on April 8, 2013

As 2012 came to a close, I decided to set what I believed to be an achievable goal for my New Year’s Resolution:  to complete one personal “challenge” each month in 2013.  For February (yes—the…
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