U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the White House will start letting stats block recipients of federal food assistance from using SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, funds to purchase soft drinks, the New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports. Kennedy announced the update in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where he appeared with Governor Patrick Morrisey, who recently signed a bill making the state the first to ban foods containing most artificial food dyes and two preservatives, the author notes. The Trump appointee is speaking with 15 other governors about similar actions, the author says. Publicly traded companies in the soft drink space include Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Monster Beverage (MNST), Celsius (CELH), and National Beverage (FIZZ).
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