Food × analyte
Parathion methyl on pears
1997–2016 · 8 tested years
4,243samples tested
for this analyte
for this analyte
121samples with
a detection
a detection
2.9%of analyte-tested samples
Testing detected Parathion methyl in 121 of 4,243 pears samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 7,577 samples of this food.
Year-by-year results
Actual tested and detected sample counts.
8 tested years between 1997 and 2016. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 708 | 37 | 5.2% |
| 1998 | 712 | 76 | 10.7% |
| 1999 | 359 | 8 | 2.2% |
| 2000 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2001 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2002 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2003 | 133 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2004 | 525 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2005 | 394 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2006 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2010 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2013 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2014 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2015 | 705 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 707 | 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: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016.