CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced plans to limit what beneficiaries can purchase through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

In a post to X Wednesday, McMaster said “America is getting healthy” and said that “South Carolina will do her part.”

“In the next few days, I will issue an executive order directing the Department of Social Services to place common-sense limits on purchases made using SNAP benefits, formerly known as ‘food stamps,’” he said in his post.

It isn’t the first time SNAP benefits and what they can purchase have come under scrutiny at the Palmetto State’s capitol; back in February, statehouse legislators introduced H.4061 , known as the “South Carolina SNAP Nutrition Integrity Act.”

The act was described as “a bill to

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