Programs Administered by FAA - NA - Non-allowable Items
Items that cannot be bought with Nutrition Assistance (NA) benefits include the following:
●Alcoholic beverages and tobacco
●Non-food items such as soap and toiletries, paper products, cleaning products and cooking utensils
●Live animals, except shellfish and fish removed from water
●Items used for gardening such as fertilizer, peat moss and similar products
●Items not intended for human consumption such as laundry starch, dog and cat food, seeds packaged as bird seed, and decorative dye that is used to color hard-cooked eggs
●Vitamins and minerals, in any form
●All health aids such as aspirin, cough drops or syrups and other cold remedies, antacids and all prescription medicines
●Hot foods and hot food products sold in grocery stores, hot at the time of sale and ready for immediate eating
●All foods marketed to be heated and served on the premises, and any prepared food sold to be eaten on the premises
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Hot foods, hot food products, and food marketed to be heated on the premises and ready to eat, are allowable at participating Restaurant Meals Program retailers for the following participants: |
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●Disabled
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●Elderly
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●Homeless
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NOTE NA benefits may not be used to pay for credit or charge accounts.