CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The federal government wants more clarification from West Virginia on a waiver to remove soda and add some hot food items to the list of eligible food and drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

This is according to a report and document obtained by MetroNews that shows the USDA had questions for the state about how this will be implemented.

Just earlier this week, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said that part of his health initiative is eliminating soda from SNAP and giving eligibility to some hot food items, like rotisserie chicken.

“It’s ensuring that there’s no taxpayer subsidizing of soda," Morrisey said. "People can still have soda. I think that’s important. A lot of people don’t write that, but they can have it. But what we’re try

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