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Upon the implementation date of this final rule, all of the provisions of the 2014 Farm Bill that increased the number of varieties, including perishable varieties that retailers must carry to become authorized to accept SNAP benefits, must be implemented and will be enforced. These provisions were first codified by the final rule, Enhancing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (81 FR 90675), published on Dec. 15, 2016 (herein after referred to as the 2016 Final rule), though certain provisions of this rule have not been enforced due to annual appropriations language blocking implementation.Additionally, this final rule updates and reorganizes definitions at 7 CFR 271 for greater clarity and to avoid redundancies and possible inconsistencies.### Summary of Changes from Proposed RuleThe final rule incorporates the following substantive changes to the proposed provisions:* The descriptions of group 1 and group 2 distinct varieties will be revised for clarification, and some food products will be moved from group 2 to group 1 to align with those descriptions.* A new group 3 will be created for distinct shelf-stable varieties and applicable varieties will move to this group from group 2. This new grouping is solely for clearer organizational purposes and does not involve the creation of new distinct varieties.* The following distinct varieties will be moved from group 2 to group 1 as single-ingredient staple food varieties that are distinct from multi-ingredient products with the same main ingredient:* Perishable meat, poultry, or fish; and* Liquid milk will not be divided into distinct varieties by mammal;* The following new distinct varieties will be added to group 2 as staple food varieties distinct from any other multi-ingredient products with same main ingredient:* Breakfast cereals will be its own distinct variety and other breakfast foods will be classified as multi-ingredient foods based on their main ingredient.