USDA could cut organic farm inspections to once every three years.
S. 4904 — Risk-based Oversight for Integrity Act · Filed by Dave McCormick (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the USDA to study a new inspection plan. Inspectors would focus on farms seen as higher risk. Lower-risk farms could get checked less often in person. Some checks could be done online instead. The USDA would study this plan and get public feedback for 90 days.
Who it affects
Organic farmers and companies that handle organic food could pay less for inspections. People who buy organic food might see lower prices. But checking whether food is really organic could become weaker.
One thing to notice
Inspectors could visit some farms in person only once every three years. Online checks would happen in between, so inspectors might miss fraud or contamination.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (8,334 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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