What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Thiamethoxam on lettuce

2004–2017 · 7 tested years

4,023samples tested
for this analyte
308samples with
a detection
7.7%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Thiamethoxam in 308 of 4,023 lettuce samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 6,655 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2004: 0.0%, 0 of 497 tested samples2005: 0.2%, 1 of 527 tested samples2010: 1.7%, 13 of 743 tested samples2011: 3.0%, 22 of 744 tested samples2015: 22.0%, 83 of 378 tested samples2016: 18.1%, 137 of 756 tested samples2017: 13.8%, 52 of 378 tested samples200420102017

7 tested years between 2004 and 2017. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
200449700.0%
200552710.2%
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
2008Not tested——
2009Not tested——
2010743131.7%
2011744223.0%
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
20153788322.0%
201675613718.1%
20173785213.8%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Lettuce →Thiamethoxam across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

Other analytes on this food

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