What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Imidacloprid on apples

2004–2024 · 9 tested years

5,449samples tested
for this analyte
901samples with
a detection
16.5%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Imidacloprid in 901 of 5,449 apples samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 9,975 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2004: 30.2%, 225 of 744 tested samples2005: 26.6%, 198 of 743 tested samples2009: 16.9%, 126 of 744 tested samples2010: 20.3%, 151 of 744 tested samples2014: 23.2%, 41 of 177 tested samples2015: 13.6%, 96 of 708 tested samples2016: 7.5%, 40 of 531 tested samples2023: 2.3%, 8 of 354 tested samples2024: 2.3%, 16 of 704 tested samples200420142024

9 tested years between 2004 and 2024. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
200474422530.2%
200574319826.6%
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
2008Not tested——
200974412616.9%
201074415120.3%
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
20141774123.2%
20157089613.6%
2016531407.5%
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
2019Not tested——
2020Not tested——
2021Not tested——
2022Not tested——
202335482.3%
2024704162.3%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Apples →Imidacloprid across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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