Candy sits on the shelves at a Bismarck retail store on Aug. 27. Photo by Michael Achterling/ North Dakota Monitor
Delay prompted by federal agency request days before new restrictions were to take effect
By Ceilidh Kern, North Dakota Monitor, Aug. 27, 2026 A ban on purchasing candy, soda and other sweetened drinks with federal food assistance was postponed for North Dakotans days before it was set to take effect.
The restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were expected to take effect Sept…