USA Cuts Food Aid Benefits For Poor Friday Nov 01,2013

US Food Aid Benefits are being cut from Friday Nov 01,2013 as an extension of the government programme expires, while legislators fight over further cuts

Benefits to the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap) will be lowered by $36 (£22) a month for a family of four

Some 47 million low income Americans will be affected by the cuts

Food aid in the US has grown to $80bn a year due to higher unemployment and rising food costs

About one in seven Americans relies on Snap, also known as food stamps

From November 1,2013 more than 47 million food stamp recipients will see their benefits permanently reduced . A family of four will lose up to $36 per month in food stamp benefits due to legislation passed by Congress in 2010.In all, about $5 billion in food assistance benefits will be cut in fiscal year 2014 from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.The reduction in SNAP benefits means that in fiscal year 2014 nearly 1.9 billion meals currently provided by SNAP will disappea