Food test results

Pesticides found on celery

Explore detected residues, tested samples and results over time.

1994–2023 · 10 tested years

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Most commonly detected

Historical tests: 1994–2023. Each analyte uses its own tested count.

Chlorothalonil43.7%1,289 / 2,948 tested
Permethrin Total42.3%671 / 1,585 tested
Dicloran35.6%2,116 / 5,939 tested

Detection frequency is not a health-risk ranking. Summary screen: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.

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5,954samples
tested
92.8%had at least one detected residue
122different analytes detected

5,528 of 5,954 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.

1,289 / 2,948 testedView yearly tests →
2,116 / 5,939 testedView yearly tests →
1,525 / 4,369 testedView yearly tests →
1,453 / 4,369 testedView yearly tests →
1,769 / 5,934 testedView yearly tests →
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The tested count differs by analyte. A detection does not establish health risk.

Detection over time

Samples with at least one validated detection.

0%25%50%75%100%1994: 96.0%, 169 of 176 tested samples2001: 94.2%, 693 of 736 tested samples2002: 94.2%, 694 of 737 tested samples2007: 96.5%, 713 of 739 tested samples2008: 95.5%, 708 of 741 tested samples2013: 95.6%, 677 of 708 tested samples2014: 93.4%, 661 of 708 tested samples2021: 83.6%, 296 of 354 tested samples2022: 88.0%, 621 of 706 tested samples2023: 84.8%, 296 of 349 tested samples199420082023

10 tested years between 1994 and 2023. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

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Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
199417616996.0%
1995Not tested——
1996Not tested——
1997Not tested——
1998Not tested——
1999Not tested——
2000Not tested——
200173669394.2%
200273769494.2%
2003Not tested——
2004Not tested——
2005Not tested——
2006Not tested——
200773971396.5%
200874170895.5%
2009Not tested——
2010Not tested——
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
201370867795.6%
201470866193.4%
2015Not tested——
2016Not tested——
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
2019Not tested——
2020Not tested——
202135429683.6%
202270662188.0%
202334929684.8%
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.

0
426
1
625
2
856
3
1,010
4
900
5
766
6
502
7
328
8
224
9
151
10+
166

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. origin94.3% · 5,616
Imported4.9% · 293
Unknown origin0.8% · 45

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 437 analyte results
Each rate has its own actual-tested denominator.
AnalyteTestedDetectedRateDetails
1-Naphthol1915.3%—
2,4,5-T34800.0%—
2,4-D35900.0%—
2,4-DB34800.0%—
3-Hydroxycarbofuran5,00100.0%—
5-Hydroxythiabendazole69400.0%—
Abamectin69400.0%—
Acephate5,9341,76929.8%Yearly results
Acetamiprid4,30555412.9%Yearly results
Acetochlor34800.0%—
Acibenzolar S methyl3,18200.0%—
Acifluorfen34800.0%—
Alachlor1,41600.0%—
Aldicarb4,56500.0%—
Aldicarb sulfone4,55600.0%—
Aldicarb sulfoxide5,08700.0%—
Aldrin4,30500.0%—
Allethrin2,29800.0%—
Ametoctradin2,10340.2%—
Ametryn2,44200.0%—
Anilazine1800.0%—
Aspon1,40900.0%—
Atrazine3,30640.1%—
Azinphos ethyl74600.0%—
Azinphos methyl5,954170.3%Yearly results
Azinphos methyl oxygen analog2,10300.0%—
Azoxystrobin4,13887921.2%Yearly results
Benazolin34800.0%—
Bendiocarb3,60600.0%—
Benfluralin69400.0%—
Benoxacor3,04000.0%—
Bensulide2,10310.0%—
Bentazon34800.0%—
BHC alpha4,30500.0%—
BHC beta2,10300.0%—
BHC delta69400.0%—
BHC epsilon69400.0%—
Bifenazate2,31800.0%—
Bifenox63600.0%—
Bifenthrin4,6241663.6%Yearly results
Bitertanol2,10300.0%—
Boscalid4,2903658.5%Yearly results
Bromacil98100.0%—
Bromopropylate2,08300.0%—
Bromuconazole69400.0%—
Bupirimate2,10300.0%—
Buprofezin4,091401.0%Yearly results
Butocarboxim1,40900.0%—
Cadusafos69400.0%—
Captafol33900.0%—
Captan2,82840.1%—
Carbaryl5,954761.3%Yearly results
Carbendazim (MBC)3,52270.2%—
Carbofuran4,57900.0%—
Carbophenothion2,44600.0%—
Carbophenothion methyl69400.0%—
Carboxin2,10300.0%—
Carfentrazone ethyl4,27500.0%—
Chlorantraniliprole2,85458120.4%Yearly results
Chlordane cis4,30500.0%—
Chlordane trans4,30540.1%—
Chlorethoxyfos69400.0%—
Chlorfenapyr2,47900.0%—
Chlorfenvinphos total3,87600.0%—
Chlorimuron ethyl34800.0%—
Chlorobenzilate69400.0%—
Chloroneb69400.0%—
Chlorothalonil2,9481,28943.7%Yearly results
Chlorpropham5,077120.2%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos5,954911.5%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog2,91400.0%—
Chlozolinate28800.0%—
Clethodim2,36100.0%—
Clethodim sulfone34600.0%—
Clethodim sulfoxide23000.0%—
Clofentezine69400.0%—
Clomazone4,09100.0%—
Clopyralid34800.0%—
Cloransulam methyl34800.0%—
Clothianidin3,040160.5%Yearly results
Coumaphos3,87600.0%—
Coumaphos oxygen analog1,77300.0%—
Crotoxyphos69400.0%—
Crufomate69400.0%—
Cumyluron1,40900.0%—
Cyazofamid69400.0%—
Cycloate1,051171.6%Yearly results
Cyflufenamid1,40900.0%—
Cyfluthrin4,629330.7%Yearly results
Cyhalothrin, Lambda55500.0%—
Cyhalothrin, Lambda epimer R15783642900.0%—
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer)3,86290.2%—
Cymoxanil2,81000.0%—
Cypermethrin4,3411242.9%Yearly results
Cyphenothrin2,10300.0%—
Cyproconazole69400.0%—
Cyprodinil2,29190.4%—
Cyromazine2,04756027.4%Yearly results
DCPA5,1291743.4%Yearly results
DDD (TDE)8200.0%—
DDD o,p'2,46700.0%—
DDD p,p'4,73410.0%—
DDE176148.0%—
DDE o,p'69400.0%—
DDE p,p'5,7784377.6%Yearly results
DDT9900.0%—
DDT o,p'2,40910.0%—
DDT p,p'4,705230.5%Yearly results
DEF (Tribufos)69400.0%—
Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin)3,953792.0%Yearly results
Demeton-O69400.0%—
Demeton-S69400.0%—
Demeton-S sulfone69400.0%—
Dialifos69400.0%—
Diazinon5,4441051.9%Yearly results
Diazinon oxygen analog5,77800.0%—
Dicamba35700.0%—
Dichlobenil3,88200.0%—
Dichlorobenzophenone p,p' (4,4-DCBP)900.0%—
Dichlorprop34800.0%—
Dichlorvos (DDVP)5,95400.0%—
Dicloran5,9392,11635.6%Yearly results
Diclosulam34800.0%—
Dicofol o,p'2,99000.0%—
Dicofol p,p'3,45400.0%—
Dicofol Total17600.0%—
Dicrotophos1,41600.0%—
Dieldrin5,77840.1%—
Diethofencarb69400.0%—
Difenoconazole3,04030.1%—
Diflubenzuron2,46700.0%—
Dimethenamid2,81000.0%—
Dimethoate5,9543295.5%Yearly results
Dimethomorph4,287380.9%Yearly results
Diniconazole69400.0%—
Dinotefuran4,3051423.3%Yearly results
Dioxathion69400.0%—
Diphenamid3,45900.0%—
Diphenylamine (DPA)4,41300.0%—
Disulfoton5,17000.0%—
Disulfoton oxygen analog72200.0%—
Disulfoton sulfone5,01330.1%—
Disulfoton sulfone oxygen analog72200.0%—
Disulfoton sulfoxide1,41600.0%—
Disulfoton sulfoxide oxygen analog72200.0%—
Diuron2,68200.0%—
DMST (4-dimethylaminosulphotosluidide)69400.0%—
Dodine69400.0%—
Emamectin69400.0%—
Emamectin benzoate2,11100.0%—
Endosulfan I5,778841.5%Yearly results
Endosulfan II5,778711.2%Yearly results
Endosulfan sulfate5,763621.1%Yearly results
Endosulfans Total17610.6%—
Endrin4,04700.0%—
Epoxiconazole69400.0%—
EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate)3,16700.0%—
Esfenvalerate1,18400.0%—
Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total3,72320.1%—
Ethalfluralin2,63800.0%—
Ethiofencarb2,84900.0%—
Ethion4,95800.0%—
Ethion mono oxon2,71600.0%—
Ethofumesate69400.0%—
Ethoprop4,99700.0%—
Ethylan (Perthane)69400.0%—
Etofenprox69400.0%—
Etoxazole3,87600.0%—
Etridiazole1,75710.1%—
Famoxadone1,58500.0%—
Fenamidone3,040240.8%Yearly results
Fenamiphos5,17300.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfone5,02400.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfoxide4,10000.0%—
Fenarimol3,87600.0%—
Fenazaquin69400.0%—
Fenbuconazole4,19700.0%—
Fenchlorphos (Ronnel)69400.0%—
Fenhexamid3,19200.0%—
Fenitrothion2,46700.0%—
Fenobucarb (BPMC)69400.0%—
Fenoxaprop ethyl34800.0%—
Fenpropathrin4,39210.0%—
Fenpropimorph2,10300.0%—
Fenpyroximate3,18200.0%—
Fensulfothion69400.0%—
Fenthion3,87600.0%—
Fenvalerate1,18400.0%—
Fipronil2,43510.0%—
Flonicamid3,0582708.8%Yearly results
Fluazifop34800.0%—
Fluazifop butyl2,46700.0%—
Fluazinam34800.0%—
Flubendiamide694202.9%Yearly results
Fludioxonil4,560471.0%Yearly results
Flufenacet1,75700.0%—
Flufenoxuron69400.0%—
Flufenpyr ethyl34800.0%—
Flumetsulam34800.0%—
Flumiclorac pentyl34800.0%—
Flumioxazin2,47910.0%—
Fluometuron34800.0%—
Fluopicolide2,825351.2%Yearly results
Fluopyram1,75750.3%—
Fluoxastrobin3,52420.1%—
Fluquinconazole2,10300.0%—
Fluridone2,56900.0%—
Fluroxypyr34800.0%—
Flusilazole2,10300.0%—
Fluthiacet methyl34800.0%—
Flutolanil69400.0%—
Flutriafol69400.0%—
Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate)2,10300.0%—
Fluxapyroxad34800.0%—
Folpet1,63810.1%—
Fomesafen34800.0%—
Fonofos5,34900.0%—
Forchlorfenuron2,10300.0%—
Formetanate hydrochloride2,10300.0%—
Fosthiazate69400.0%—
Furathiocarb1,40900.0%—
Halosulfuron methyl1,97200.0%—
Haloxyfop34800.0%—
Heptachlor4,55400.0%—
Heptachlor epoxide5,77800.0%—
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)5,03700.0%—
Hexaconazole2,40600.0%—
Hexazinone32100.0%—
Hexythiazox2,10300.0%—
Hydroprene2,12100.0%—
Imazalil4,35900.0%—
Imazapyr34800.0%—
Imazaquin34800.0%—
Imazethapyr34800.0%—
Imidacloprid4,30562414.5%Yearly results
Imiprothrin2,14100.0%—
Indaziflam69400.0%—
Indoxacarb2,318200.9%Yearly results
Ipconazole34800.0%—
Iprodione4,78560.1%—
Iprodione metabolite isomer26500.0%—
Iprovalicarb69400.0%—
Isofenphos2,10300.0%—
Isoprocarb69400.0%—
Isoprothiolane1,40900.0%—
Isoproturon69400.0%—
Kresoxim-methyl2,46700.0%—
Lactofen69400.0%—
Lambda cyhalothrin total21300.0%—
Lenacil2,10300.0%—
Leptophos oxygen analog69400.0%—
Lindane (BHC gamma)5,34800.0%—
Linuron5,78571712.4%Yearly results
Lufenuron34800.0%—
Malathion5,95494715.9%Yearly results
Malathion oxygen analog5,77820.0%—
Mandipropamid2,825110.4%Yearly results
MCPA35100.0%—
MCPB34800.0%—
Mecoprop (MCPP)34800.0%—
Mefenacet1,40900.0%—
Mefenpyr diethyl34800.0%—
Mepanipyrim69400.0%—
Metaflumizone69400.0%—
Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam5,77830.1%—
Metconazole69400.0%—
Methamidophos5,95498216.5%Yearly results
Methidathion4,86810.0%—
Methidathion oxygen analog33200.0%—
Methiocarb3,96700.0%—
Methiocarb sulfoxide69400.0%—
Methomyl5,9543405.7%Yearly results
Methoprene1,77300.0%—
Methoxychlor olefin1,77300.0%—
Methoxychlor p,p'3,16900.0%—
Methoxychlor Total1,94900.0%—
Methoxyfenozide3,29758017.6%Yearly results
Metolachlor5,778480.8%Yearly results
Metrafenone1,40900.0%—
Metribuzin3,00310.0%—
Mevinphos E99600.0%—
Mevinphos Total4,95840.1%—
Mevinphos Z99610.1%—
MGK-2642,08400.0%—
Monocrotophos2,10300.0%—
Myclobutanil4,820861.8%Yearly results
Napropamide4,39400.0%—
Nitrofen69400.0%—
Norflurazon4,02230.1%—
Norflurazon desmethyl3,92540.1%—
Novaluron2,80910.0%—
o-Phenylphenol1,732221.3%Yearly results
Omethoate5,9135419.1%Yearly results
Oryzalin1,75700.0%—
Oxadiazon69400.0%—
Oxadixyl4,39700.0%—
Oxamyl5,95493515.7%Yearly results
Oxamyl oxime2,532722.8%Yearly results
Oxychlordane1,36800.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl2,10200.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl sulfone4,97910.0%—
Oxyfluorfen4,19710.0%—
Paclobutrazol2,10300.0%—
Parathion ethyl5,49230.1%—
Parathion methyl5,29730.1%—
Parathion methyl oxygen analog3,14500.0%—
Parathion oxygen analog3,94000.0%—
Pebulate1,40900.0%—
Penconazole2,10300.0%—
Pencycuron2,10300.0%—
Pendimethalin3,383200.6%Yearly results
Penflufen34800.0%—
Penoxsulam1,40900.0%—
Pentachloroaniline (PCA)3,87610.0%—
Pentachlorobenzene (PCB)4,62400.0%—
Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS)3,18200.0%—
Penthiopyrad2,0741356.5%Yearly results
Permethrin cis4,3691,52534.9%Yearly results
Permethrin Total1,58567142.3%Yearly results
Permethrin trans4,3691,45333.3%Yearly results
Phenothrin2,86300.0%—
Phenthoate2,45200.0%—
Phorate5,06600.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog2,47600.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog sulfone34800.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog sulfoxide34800.0%—
Phorate sulfone5,01400.0%—
Phorate sulfoxide3,88500.0%—
Phosalone4,20300.0%—
Phosmet4,45110.0%—
Phosmet oxygen analog34800.0%—
Phosphamidon4,17800.0%—
Phoxim69400.0%—
Picoxystrobin34800.0%—
Piperonyl butoxide4,937380.8%Yearly results
Pirimicarb3,87610.0%—
Pirimicarb desmethyl2,10300.0%—
Pirimiphos methyl3,87600.0%—
Prallethrin2,50300.0%—
Prochloraz2,10300.0%—
Procymidone2,35200.0%—
Profenofos3,87600.0%—
Profluralin69400.0%—
Promecarb69400.0%—
Prometryn4,369531.2%Yearly results
Pronamide (Propyzamide)4,116140.3%Yearly results
Propachlor72200.0%—
Propamocarb1,40970.5%—
Propamocarb hydrochloride69460.9%—
Propanil69400.0%—
Propaquizafop69400.0%—
Propargite4,36600.0%—
Propetamphos4,78200.0%—
Propham69400.0%—
Propiconazole5,1341,17322.8%Yearly results
Propiconazole I644528.1%Yearly results
Propiconazole II644629.6%Yearly results
Prothiofos2,10300.0%—
Pymetrozine3,84670.2%—
Pyraclostrobin4,30559713.9%Yearly results
Pyraflufen34800.0%—
Pyraflufen ethyl69400.0%—
Pyrazophos2,10300.0%—
Pyridaben2,10300.0%—
Pyridalyl34800.0%—
Pyrimethanil3,876411.1%Yearly results
Pyriproxyfen4,30510.0%—
Quinalphos2,10300.0%—
Quinoxyfen3,04000.0%—
Quintozene (PCNB)5,13310.0%—
Quizalofop34800.0%—
Quizalofop ethyl69400.0%—
Resmethrin2,31700.0%—
Resmethrin cis1,95700.0%—
Resmethrin trans1,97300.0%—
Rimsulfuron1,75700.0%—
Rotenone69400.0%—
Saflufenacil2,10300.0%—
Sedaxane34800.0%—
Sethoxydim69400.0%—
Simazine1,73900.0%—
Simetryn1,40900.0%—
Spinetoram2,82870.2%—
Spinosad3,046351.1%Yearly results
Spinosad A21562.8%—
Spinosad D21531.4%—
Spirodiclofen2,10300.0%—
Spiromesifen2,10300.0%—
Spiromesifen alcohol31900.0%—
Spiromesifen Total (parent + enol metabolite)1,71310.1%—
Spirotetramat2,103231.1%Yearly results
Spiroxamine2,10300.0%—
Sulfallate69400.0%—
Sulfentrazone2,29800.0%—
Sulfoxaflor34800.0%—
Sulprofos2,46700.0%—
Tebuconazole4,39460.1%—
Tebufenozide4,30560.1%—
Tebufenpyrad2,10300.0%—
Tebuthiuron1,41600.0%—
Tecnazene3,87600.0%—
Teflubenzuron34800.0%—
Tefluthrin2,82500.0%—
Tepraloxydim34800.0%—
Terbacil4,37600.0%—
Terbufos2,96100.0%—
Terbufos sulfone3,38200.0%—
Terbufos sulfoxide34800.0%—
Terbuthylazine2,10300.0%—
Tetrachlorvinphos3,37300.0%—
Tetraconazole1,41610.1%—
Tetradifon4,12500.0%—
Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI)2,86300.0%—
Tetramethrin2,10300.0%—
Thiabendazole4,728150.3%Yearly results
Thiacloprid3,86100.0%—
Thiamethoxam4,0922105.1%Yearly results
Thifensulfuron methyl34800.0%—
Thiobencarb4,36910.0%—
Thiodicarb69400.0%—
Thionazin69400.0%—
Tolclofos methyl69400.0%—
Tri Allate2,31800.0%—
Triadimefon4,43000.0%—
Triadimenol2,31800.0%—
Triazophos2,10300.0%—
Tribenuron methyl34800.0%—
Triclopyr34800.0%—
Trifloxystrobin4,3051433.3%Yearly results
Triflumizole2,31800.0%—
Trifluralin5,845490.8%Yearly results
Triforine1,05100.0%—
Triticonazole2,10300.0%—
Uniconazole69400.0%—
Vernolate1,71200.0%—
Vinclozolin5,02130.1%—
Zoxamide2,10300.0%—
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Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1994, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023.

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