Can…cannot…

Households CAN use food stamp benefits to buy:

Foods for the household to eat, such as:
	– breads and cereals – fruits and vegetables – meats, fish and poultry; and – dairy products
Seeds and plants which produce food for the household to eat.

Households CANNOT use food stamp benefits to buy:

Beer, wine, liquor, cigarettes or tobacco
Any nonfood items, such as:
	– pet foods; – soaps, paper products; and – household supplies.
Vitamins and medicines.
Food that will be eaten in the store.
Hot foods

We we told we could not purchase explosives, guns and ammunition, or illegal drugs. I can’t imagine people have done that, but it wasn’t really in my diet plan anyway.