S 1398
Organic Imports Verification Act of 2025
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This bill, the Organic Imports Verification Act of 2025, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to regularly report to Congress on residue testing of imported organic feedstuffs. Specifically, it mandates annual reports detailing the frequency, methods, and results of testing for ‘covered organic feedstuffs’ – those shipped in bulk and with a national organic program import certificate. The bill also directs the Secretary to develop a risk-based protocol to determine which feedstuffs require testing each year and to take corrective action, such as excluding shipments with prohibited substances, if testing reveals violations of organic standards.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 1398
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to Congress a report on residue testing for all imported organic feedstuffs shipped in bulk, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Organic Imports Verification Act of 2025
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In this Act:
The term covered organic feedstuff means any organic feedstuff included on the list established under section 4(b)—
for which there is a national organic program import certificate.
The term national organic program import certificate has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502).
The term organic, with respect to a feedstuff, means that the feedstuff is organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
The term shipped in bulk, with respect to a feedstuff, does not include the shipment of that feedstuff as a packaged good.
that is shipped in bulk; and
for which there is a national organic program import certificate.
The residue testing referred to in subsection (a) is residue testing carried out under any of the following:
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the organic agricultural product imports interagency working group established under section 2122A of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6521a), shall develop and regularly update risk-based protocols for—
determining necessary parameters of residue testing for those imported organic feedstuffs, including—
The list established under paragraph (1) shall not be made publicly available.
Each year, the Secretary shall carry out residue testing for each covered organic feedstuff.