Food test results
Pesticides found on butter
Explore detected residues, tested samples and results over time.
2003–2022 · 5 tested years
Explore the data →Most commonly detected
Historical tests: 2003–2022. Each analyte uses its own tested count.
DDE p,p'66.4%1,983 / 2,988 tested
Novaluron37.5%537 / 1,431 tested
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer)30.5%911 / 2,987 tested
Detection frequency is not a health-risk ranking. Summary screen: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.
Download these results as CSV2,988samples
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81.0%had at least one detected residue
38different analytes detected
2,419 of 2,988 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.
5 tested years between 2003 and 2022. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 732 | 725 | 99.0% |
| 2004 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2005 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2006 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2010 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | 792 | 675 | 85.2% |
| 2013 | 756 | 585 | 77.4% |
| 2014 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2015 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2016 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2017 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2018 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2019 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2020 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2021 | 177 | 111 | 62.7% |
| 2022 | 531 | 323 | 60.8% |
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.
0569
1677
2566
3522
4384
5171
657
738
84
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. origin98.4% · 2,940
Imported0.9% · 27
Unknown origin0.7% · 21
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 259 analyte results
| Analyte | Tested | Detected | Rate | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Hydroxycarbofuran | 2,971 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acephate | 2,972 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acetamiprid | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acetochlor | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acibenzolar S methyl | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Afidopyropen | 708 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Alachlor | 2,959 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb | 2,196 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfone | 2,939 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldrin | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Allethrin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ametoctradin | 708 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Atrazine | 2,196 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azinphos methyl | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azoxystrobin | 2,239 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bendiocarb | 2,206 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benoxacor | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benzovindiflupyr | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| BHC alpha | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bifenthrin | 2,988 | 586 | 19.6% | Yearly results |
| Boscalid | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bromuconazole 46 (trans) | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Buprofezin | 2,988 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Carbaryl | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carbendazim (MBC) | 2,256 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Carbofuran | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carboxin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carfentrazone ethyl | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorantraniliprole | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlordane cis | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlordane trans | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenapyr | 2,970 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenvinphos total | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpropham | 2,988 | 14 | 0.5% | Yearly results |
| Chlorpyrifos | 2,988 | 4 | 0.1% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos methyl | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos methyl O-analog | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clethodim | 2,224 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clomazone | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clothianidin | 1,464 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Coumaphos | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Coumaphos oxygen analog | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyantraniliprole | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyazofamid | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyfluthrin | 2,874 | 105 | 3.7% | Yearly results |
| Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer) | 2,987 | 911 | 30.5% | Yearly results |
| Cymoxanil | 756 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cypermethrin | 2,955 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Cyphenothrin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyproconazole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyprodinil | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyromazine | 2,134 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DCPA | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD o,p' | 2,222 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD p,p' | 2,222 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDE p,p' | 2,988 | 1,983 | 66.4% | Yearly results |
| DDT o,p' | 2,223 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| DDT p,p' | 956 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DEF (Tribufos) | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin) | 1,738 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diazinon | 2,005 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diazinon oxygen analog | 2,240 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dichlobenil | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dichlorvos (DDVP) | 2,988 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicloran | 2,239 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicofol o,p' | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicofol p,p' | 2,256 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicrotophos | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dieldrin | 2,952 | 403 | 13.7% | Yearly results |
| Difenoconazole | 2,988 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Diflubenzuron | 1,386 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dimethenamid | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dimethoate | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dimethomorph | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dinotefuran | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diphenamid | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diphenylamine (DPA) | 2,256 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Disulfoton | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton oxygen analog | 1,464 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfone | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfone oxygen analog | 1,532 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfoxide | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfoxide oxygen analog | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Diuron | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Emamectin benzoate | 2,219 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan I | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan II | 2,971 | 10 | 0.3% | Yearly results |
| Endosulfan sulfate | 2,940 | 460 | 15.6% | Yearly results |
| Endrin | 2,189 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Epoxiconazole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) | 2,155 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethalfluralin | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethiofencarb | 1,374 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion | 2,955 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion di oxon | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion mono oxon | 2,280 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethoprop | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Etofenprox | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Etoxazole | 1,393 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Etridiazole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Famoxadone | 1,431 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamidone | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfone | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfoxide | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenarimol | 2,972 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenbuconazole | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenhexamid | 1,384 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenitrothion | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenoxaprop ethyl | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpropathrin | 2,971 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpyroximate | 1,109 | 2 | 0.2% | — |
| Fenthion | 2,280 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenthion sulfone | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fipronil | 2,198 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Flonicamid | 1,464 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Fluazifop butyl | 314 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flubendiamide | 689 | 3 | 0.4% | — |
| Fludioxonil | 2,238 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flumioxazin | 1,464 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluopicolide | 1,464 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluopyram | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluoxastrobin | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flupyradifurone | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluridone | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluroxypyr-meptyl | 731 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flutolanil | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flutriafol | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate) | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluxapyroxad | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fonofos | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor | 2,145 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor epoxide | 2,955 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 741 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexaconazole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexythiazox | 575 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hydroprene | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Imazalil | 1,466 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Imidacloprid | 2,256 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Iprodione | 1,401 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Isoxaflutole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Kresoxim-methyl | 1,449 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Lindane (BHC gamma) | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Linuron | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Malathion | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Malathion oxygen analog | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mandipropamid | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mefentrifluconazole | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam | 2,871 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Methamidophos | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methidathion | 1,754 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methidathion oxygen analog | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methiocarb | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methomyl | 2,242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoprene | 2,216 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor olefin | 2,240 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor p,p' | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor Total | 1,268 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxyfenozide | 2,256 | 9 | 0.4% | — |
| Metolachlor | 2,988 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Metrafenone | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metribuzin | 2,954 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mevinphos Total | 2,240 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| MGK-264 | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| MGK-326 (dipropyl isocinchomeronate) | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Myclobutanil | 2,176 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Napropamide | 2,191 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Norflurazon | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Norflurazon desmethyl | 688 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Novaluron | 1,431 | 537 | 37.5% | Yearly results |
| Omethoate | 2,972 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxadiazon | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxadixyl | 2,204 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxamyl | 2,239 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxychlordane | 1,531 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxydemeton methyl sulfone | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxyfluorfen | 2,970 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion ethyl | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl oxygen analog | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion oxygen analog | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pendimethalin | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachloroaniline (PCA) | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachlorobenzene (PCB) | 756 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS) | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Penthiopyrad | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Permethrin cis | 2,256 | 555 | 24.6% | Yearly results |
| Permethrin Total | 732 | 20 | 2.7% | — |
| Permethrin trans | 2,256 | 572 | 25.4% | Yearly results |
| Phenothrin | 2,938 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phenthoate | 2,239 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate | 2,851 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate oxygen analog | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate oxygen analog sulfone | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate oxygen analog sulfoxide | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfone | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfoxide | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosalone | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosmet | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosphamidon | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Picoxystrobin | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Piperonyl butoxide | 2,256 | 128 | 5.7% | Yearly results |
| Pirimicarb | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pirimiphos methyl | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prallethrin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Profenofos | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prometon | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prometryn | 2,227 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pronamide (Propyzamide) | 2,970 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propachlor | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propanil | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propargite | 1,610 | 7 | 0.4% | — |
| Propetamphos | 2,236 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propham | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propiconazole | 2,196 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pydiflumetofen | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pymetrozine | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pyraclostrobin | 1,022 | 2 | 0.2% | — |
| Pyrimethanil | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pyriproxyfen | 2,224 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Quinoxyfen | 2,239 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Quintozene (PCNB) | 2,234 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin cis | 1,515 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin trans | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Simazine | 2,196 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Spinetoram | 1,548 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spinosad | 1,548 | 55 | 3.6% | Yearly results |
| Spiromesifen Total (parent + enol metabolite) | 1,006 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Spirotetramat | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sulfoxaflor | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sulprofos | 1,432 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebuconazole | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebufenozide | 756 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebupirimfos | 708 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebuthiuron | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tecnazene | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tefluthrin | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbacil | 2,939 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbufos sulfone | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetrachlorvinphos | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetraconazole | 2,930 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Tetradifon | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) | 2,237 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetramethrin | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetraniliprole | 689 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiabendazole | 2,957 | 15 | 0.5% | Yearly results |
| Thiacloprid | 1,464 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiamethoxam | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiobencarb | 2,182 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triadimefon | 2,196 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Trifloxystrobin | 1,754 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triflumizole | 1,440 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Trifluralin | 2,256 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triticonazole | 732 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Vinclozolin | 2,988 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
About these results
Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2003, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2022.
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