They want your grocery data, not your dinner
A federal agency wants your grocery receipts, not your dinner. They're tracking what you buy and eat, but it's just research, not new fees.
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Agriculture Supply
Key points
- ERS opened a 60-day comment period on a FoodAPS information collection request in a September 2, 2026 Federal Register notice.
- The documented link to eating is data on how households acquire and purchase food through stores, restaurants and other sources.
- The record does not document a new food rule, price change, menu restriction, label change, company beneficiary, lobbying payment or private-sector overlap.
- Comments are due November 2, 2026; ERS may then submit the request to OMB for approval.
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Sources and methodology
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