Battle Over Food Stamps
American Gold Label Foods Fights to Maintain SNAP Eligibility
According to the Sun Sentinel, a long fight is happening between a South Florida meat company and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. American Gold Label Foods has been selling frozen meat door-to-door since 1996. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to stop them from accepting food stamps. American Gold Label says the U.S. Department of Agriculture is unfair to small businesses like them.
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American Gold Label’s Legal Battle Exposes
This fight shows a bigger problem between government rules and small shops. American Gold Label’s lawyer says the U.S. Department of Agriculture helps big companies more than small ones. Even though some people don’t like the meat quality American Gold Label says they follow the rules and care about their customers. This fight will decide not just for American Gold Label but also for other small meat sellers and people who use food stamps. As the legal fight goes on it shows how hard it is for small shops to follow rules and compete with big stores. While American Gold Label tries to keep accepting food stamps this fight between the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows how tough it is to make rules that are fair for everyone in the meat-selling business.