Overview
- A bipartisan group of senators introduced the Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act to let SNAP pay for hot prepared foods like rotisserie chicken.
- SNAP, the grocery aid program for low-income households, now blocks hot, ready-to-eat items, though stores may sell cooled rotisserie chickens with no set temperature rule.
- The sponsoring group includes Sens. John Fetterman, Jim Justice, Shelley Moore Capito, and Michael Bennet, and the bill would not change funding or who qualifies.
- Supporters, including Bennet and Denver food-aid workers, say the change would help working parents and people without reliable kitchens get quick, protein-rich meals.
- Opponents question the nutrition of prepared meals, and the USDA had not commented as of the latest local report, while SNAP serves about 42 million people with roughly $190 per person each month.