SNAP Retailer Incentive Waiver Information Collection Renewal
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This notice keeps in place the process that SNAP-authorized retailers and their partners use to ask USDA for permission to offer incentives that encourage SNAP shoppers to buy healthier foods. It does not create reporting duties for SNAP households. The practical effect is on retailers, private organizations, and government partners that want to run incentive programs at SNAP-approved stores. Comments on the information collection are due by July 27, 2026.
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Key Changes
- Renews an existing information collection for SNAP retailer incentive waiver requests
- Applies to SNAP-authorized retailers and organizations partnering with those stores
- Confirms that SNAP households are not subject to data collection under this request
Obligations
What this law requires
SNAP-authorized retailers must request a waiver from FNS before offering incentives to SNAP recipients at SNAP-authorized retailer locations to encourage purchases of healthier foods.
Private organizations or governmental entities partnering with SNAP-authorized stores must participate in the FNS waiver request process if they seek to offer SNAP recipient incentives at those stores.
Written comments on the proposed information collection must be submitted to FNS by July 27, 2026 if an interested person chooses to comment.