India, Nov. 19 -- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced plans for all SNAP recipients (42 million) to reapply for their benefits for the "fundamental rebuild" of the program.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed the decision, stating, "We will have everyone reapply for their benefit . make sure that everyone that's taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through SNAP . literally are vulnerable, and they can't survive without it," Fox reported.

The USDA says the sweeping overhaul is necessary because of alleged misuse and fraud within the SNAP system. Rollins stated that data from 29 states uncovered about 186,000 deceased individuals receiving benefits, and more than 500,000 recipients had duplicate claims...