DES MOINES, Iowa ( Iowa Capital Dispatch ) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to require more “healthy” food on the shelves of retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

According to a news release from the department, this decision fits with the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. In Iowa, it could make it more difficult for small, nontraditional stores to participate in the program and therefore lower SNAP accessibility.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in the release that the “common sense” changes would minimize “fraudulent activities” in the federal nutrition program and ensure greater availability of nutritious foods to participants.

“Retailers participating in SNAP need to sell real food, plai

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