Food × analyte
Pentachlorobenzene (PCB) on carrots
1994–2022 · 13 tested years
6,066samples tested
for this analyte
for this analyte
11samples with
a detection
a detection
0.2%of analyte-tested samples
Testing detected Pentachlorobenzene (PCB) in 11 of 6,066 carrots samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 7,675 samples of this food.
Year-by-year results
Actual tested and detected sample counts.
13 tested years between 1994 and 2022. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 687 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1995 | 701 | 4 | 0.6% |
| 1996 | 500 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1997 | Not tested | — | — |
| 1998 | Not tested | — | — |
| 1999 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2000 | 96 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 739 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2002 | 536 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2003 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2004 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2005 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2010 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2013 | 712 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2014 | 708 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 2015 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2016 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2017 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2018 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2019 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2020 | 499 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 708 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 177 | 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, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022.