What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Imidacloprid on onions

2011–2024 · 5 tested years

2,337samples tested
for this analyte
155samples with
a detection
6.6%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Imidacloprid in 155 of 2,337 onions samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 3,819 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2011: 5.9%, 11 of 186 tested samples2012: 2.3%, 13 of 558 tested samples2017: 6.8%, 48 of 708 tested samples2023: 5.1%, 9 of 177 tested samples2024: 10.5%, 74 of 708 tested samples201120172024

5 tested years between 2011 and 2024. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
2011186115.9%
2012558132.3%
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
2015Not tested——
2016Not tested——
2017708486.8%
2018Not tested——
2019Not tested——
2020Not tested——
2021Not tested——
2022Not tested——
202317795.1%
20247087410.5%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Onions →Imidacloprid across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2011, 2012, 2017, 2023, 2024.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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