Supplement Industry Capitol Hill Allies Try Again To Add Multivitamins To SNAP

09 Jun 2019

House and Senate bills would amend regulations for USDA program "to make certain multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits." Trade groups, other industry stakeholders and public health advocacy groups have lobbied Congress for more than a decade to make multivitamins eligible for SNAP purchases.

Capitol Hill supporters of the dietary supplement industry's proposal to add multivitamins to US Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are trying again with bills introduced in the House and Senate.

The SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019 was introduced June 5 by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-AZ, and Tim...