Risk-based Oversight for Integrity Act

This bill changes the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. It defines "risk to organic integrity" as the likelihood that a product sold as organic was not grown or processed under federal organic rules. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to study, within 1 year, whether organic oversight should be based on that risk, and to report the findings to Congress and post them online within 18 months. After the report, the Secretary may issue new oversight rules, with at least a 90-day public comment period. These rules could allow some annual inspections of U.S. farms and handlers to be done virtually, while foreign operations would still need on-site inspections.

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Sponsors

• David McCormick Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors