USDA Announces New Partnerships to Advance MAHA Agenda and SNAP Standards

On March 4, 2026, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy. Jr., and National Nutrition Advisor at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dr. Ben Carson announced the USDA's commencement of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Strategic Partnerships, an effort which encourages the private sector to participate in educating the American people about the importance of the guidelines and how they serve as the foundation to better eating. The event featured an update on the impending Stocking Standards final rule, a rule that holds any retailer interested in accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits accountable to a higher minimum standard of staple food stocking requirements.

Secretary Rollins also signed four new SNAP restriction waivers for Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Wyoming.