Food × analyte
Parathion methyl on apples
1994–2024 · 16 tested years
8,660samples tested
for this analyte
for this analyte
129samples with
a detection
a detection
1.5%of analyte-tested samples
Testing detected Parathion methyl in 129 of 8,660 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.
16 tested years between 1994 and 2024. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 687 | 45 | 6.6% |
| 1995 | 693 | 33 | 4.8% |
| 1996 | 530 | 30 | 5.7% |
| 1997 | Not tested | — | — |
| 1998 | Not tested | — | — |
| 1999 | 379 | 20 | 5.3% |
| 2000 | 184 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 736 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2002 | 433 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2003 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2004 | 528 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2005 | 528 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2006 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | 744 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | 744 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2013 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2014 | 177 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 708 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 531 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2018 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2019 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2020 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2021 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2022 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2023 | 354 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 704 | 0 | 0.0% |
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
About these results
Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024.