Food test results
Pesticides found on applesauce
Explore detected residues, tested samples and results over time.
2002–2017 · 4 tested years
Explore the data →Most commonly detected
Historical tests: 2002–2017. Each analyte uses its own tested count.
Carbendazim (MBC)73.8%951 / 1,288 tested
Acetamiprid64.7%973 / 1,504 tested
Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI)46.4%698 / 1,504 tested
Detection frequency is not a health-risk ranking. Summary screen: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.
Download these results as CSV1,862samples
tested
tested
84.4%had at least one detected residue
40different analytes detected
1,571 of 1,862 samples had a validated detection. Historical results, not a safety score.
Most commonly detected
Percent of samples actually tested for each analyte. Shown: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.
View all tested analytes ↓The tested count differs by analyte. A detection does not establish health risk.
Detection over time
Samples with at least one validated detection.
4 tested years between 2002 and 2017. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 358 | 173 | 48.3% |
| 2003 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2004 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2005 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2006 | 744 | 691 | 92.9% |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2010 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2013 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2014 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2015 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2016 | 190 | 179 | 94.2% |
| 2017 | 570 | 528 | 92.6% |
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
How many were detected?
Number of distinct analytes per tested sample.
0291
1214
2318
3340
4283
5219
6135
747
813
92
Labels show analytes; counts show samples. Metabolites and isomers remain separate. This is not a count of pesticide products applied.
Where samples came from
Origin recorded by USDA.
U.S. origin95.1% · 1,771
Imported4.2% · 79
Unknown origin0.6% · 12
Origin describes the sampled food. These shares do not compare countries’ residue levels.
All tested analytes
Zero detections here means tested with no validated detection. It does not describe analytes that were never tested.
Open 267 analyte results
| Analyte | Tested | Detected | Rate | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-Naphthol | 807 | 15 | 1.9% | Yearly results |
| 3-Hydroxycarbofuran | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 5-Hydroxythiabendazole | 216 | 40 | 18.5% | — |
| Abamectin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acephate | 1,504 | 4 | 0.3% | — |
| Acetamiprid | 1,504 | 973 | 64.7% | Yearly results |
| Acetochlor | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acibenzolar S methyl | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfone | 1,274 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | 1,229 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldrin | 1,489 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Allethrin | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Atrazine | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azinphos methyl | 1,862 | 6 | 0.3% | — |
| Azinphos methyl oxygen analog | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azoxystrobin | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bendiocarb | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benfluralin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benoxacor | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bensulide | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bensulide oxygen analog | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| BHC alpha | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| BHC beta | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bifenazate | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bifenthrin | 1,504 | 11 | 0.7% | Yearly results |
| Boscalid | 1,504 | 60 | 4.0% | Yearly results |
| Bromacil | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Buprofezin | 1,504 | 5 | 0.3% | — |
| Captan | 574 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carbaryl | 1,862 | 202 | 10.8% | Yearly results |
| Carbendazim (MBC) | 1,288 | 951 | 73.8% | Yearly results |
| Carbofuran | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carbophenothion | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carfentrazone ethyl | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorantraniliprole | 760 | 3 | 0.4% | — |
| Chlordane cis | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlordane trans | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenapyr | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenvinphos total | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpropham | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1,832 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clofentezine | 730 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clomazone | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clothianidin | 976 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Coumaphos | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Coumaphos oxygen analog | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cycloate | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyfluthrin | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyhalothrin, Lambda | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyhalothrin, Lambda epimer R157836 | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer) | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cymoxanil | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cypermethrin | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyphenothrin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyproconazole | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyprodinil | 1,334 | 79 | 5.9% | Yearly results |
| Cyromazine | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DCPA | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD o,p' | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD p,p' | 1,489 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDE o,p' | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDE p,p' | 1,767 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDT o,p' | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDT p,p' | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin) | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diazinon | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diazinon oxygen analog | 1,102 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dichlobenil | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dichlorvos (DDVP) | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diclofop methyl | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicloran | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicofol o,p' | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicofol p,p' | 1,862 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Dieldrin | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Difenoconazole | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diflubenzuron | 1,288 | 24 | 1.9% | Yearly results |
| Dimethenamid | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dimethoate | 1,862 | 8 | 0.4% | — |
| Dimethomorph | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dinotefuran | 936 | 4 | 0.4% | — |
| Diphenamid | 886 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diphenylamine (DPA) | 1,862 | 716 | 38.5% | Yearly results |
| Disulfoton | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton oxygen analog | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfone | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfoxide | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diuron | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Emamectin benzoate | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan I | 1,861 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan II | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan sulfate | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endrin | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Esfenvalerate | 358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethalfluralin | 1,273 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethiofencarb | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion mono oxon | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethoprop | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Etofenprox | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Etoxazole | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Famoxadone | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamidone | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos | 1,102 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfone | 1,102 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfoxide | 744 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenarimol | 744 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenazaquin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenbuconazole | 1,288 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Fenhexamid | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenitrothion | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpropathrin | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpropimorph | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpyroximate | 1,288 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Fenthion | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenvalerate | 358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fipronil sulfone (MB46136) | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flonicamid | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluazifop butyl | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flubendiamide | 760 | 171 | 22.5% | Yearly results |
| Fludioxonil | 1,503 | 99 | 6.6% | Yearly results |
| Flufenoxuron | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flumioxazin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluopicolide | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluopyram | 760 | 10 | 1.3% | Yearly results |
| Fluquinconazole | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluridone | 976 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flusilazole | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flutolanil | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flutriafol | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate) | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Folpet | 1,268 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fonofos | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Forchlorfenuron | 352 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor epoxide | 1,645 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexythiazox | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hydroprene | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Imazalil | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Imazethapyr | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Imidacloprid | 1,504 | 195 | 13.0% | Yearly results |
| Imiprothrin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Indaziflam | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Indoxacarb | 976 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Iprodione | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Iprodione metabolite isomer | 527 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Kresoxim-methyl | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Lindane (BHC gamma) | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Linuron | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Malathion | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Malathion oxygen analog | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mandipropamid | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methamidophos | 1,504 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Methidathion | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methiocarb | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methomyl | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoprene | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor olefin | 527 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor p,p' | 358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor Total | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxyfenozide | 976 | 73 | 7.5% | Yearly results |
| Metolachlor | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metribuzin | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mevinphos Total | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| MGK-264 | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mirex | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Myclobutanil | 1,862 | 8 | 0.4% | — |
| Naled | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Napropamide | 744 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Norflurazon | 1,847 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Norflurazon desmethyl | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| o-Phenylphenol | 1,862 | 21 | 1.1% | Yearly results |
| Omethoate | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oryzalin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxadiazon | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxadixyl | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxamyl | 1,818 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxamyl oxime | 976 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Oxychlordane | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxydemeton methyl | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxydemeton methyl sulfone | 1,848 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxyfluorfen | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion ethyl | 1,646 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl oxygen analog | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion oxygen analog | 886 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pendimethalin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachloroaniline (PCA) | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachlorobenzene (PCB) | 1,274 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS) | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Permethrin cis | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Permethrin trans | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phenothrin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phenthoate | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate oxygen analog | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfone | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfoxide | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosalone | 1,862 | 6 | 0.3% | — |
| Phosmet | 1,862 | 14 | 0.8% | Yearly results |
| Phosmet oxygen analog | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosphamidon | 886 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Piperonyl butoxide | 1,857 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pirimicarb | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pirimiphos methyl | 1,288 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Prallethrin | 976 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Procymidone | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Profenofos | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prometryn | 426 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pronamide (Propyzamide) | 1,812 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propamocarb hydrochloride | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propargite | 1,646 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propetamphos | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propiconazole | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pyraclostrobin | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pyraflufen ethyl | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pyridaben | 1,334 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Pyrimethanil | 1,504 | 222 | 14.8% | Yearly results |
| Pyriproxyfen | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Quinoxyfen | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Quintozene (PCNB) | 513 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin cis | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin trans | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Saflufenacil | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sethoxydim | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Simazine | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spinetoram | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spinosad | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spinosad A | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spirodiclofen | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spiromesifen | 728 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spirotetramat | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spiroxamine | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sulprofos | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebuconazole | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebufenozide | 1,504 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tefluthrin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| TEPP | 322 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbacil | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbufos | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbufos sulfone | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetrachlorvinphos | 528 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetraconazole | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetradifon | 1,862 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) | 1,504 | 698 | 46.4% | Yearly results |
| Tetramethrin | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiabendazole | 1,862 | 613 | 32.9% | Yearly results |
| Thiacloprid | 1,504 | 107 | 7.1% | Yearly results |
| Thiamethoxam | 1,504 | 5 | 0.3% | — |
| Thiazopyr | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiobencarb | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiodicarb | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triadimefon | 1,102 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triadimenol | 216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Trichlorfon | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Trifloxystrobin | 1,504 | 4 | 0.3% | — |
| Trifloxysulfuron | 760 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triflumizole | 976 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Trifluralin | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triforine | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Vinclozolin | 1,288 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
About these results
Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2002, 2006, 2016, 2017.
Strawberries →
Apples →
Grapes →
Blueberries →