07 Jun 2019 --- Low- and no-income families in the US, benefitting from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), may be eligible for subsidized purchases of multivitamin-mineral supplements with SNAP benefits, if corresponding amendments are made to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. The introduction of the SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Improvement Act of 2019 in the US Senate and House of Representatives earlier this week was applauded by D.C.-based trade association and lobbying group Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). It argues the bill is needed because “Americans are not getting enough nutrients from food alone.”
