Food test results

Pesticides found on potatoes

Explore detected residues, tested samples and results over time.

1994–2024 · 12 tested years

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Most commonly detected

Historical tests: 1994–2024. Each analyte uses its own tested count.

Chlorpropham81.4%5,851 / 7,190 tested
Imidacloprid24.5%1,059 / 4,318 tested
Azoxystrobin18.4%796 / 4,318 tested

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

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7,191samples
tested
89.3%had at least one detected residue
100different analytes detected

6,422 of 7,191 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.

5,851 / 7,190 testedView yearly tests →
1,059 / 4,318 testedView yearly tests →
796 / 4,318 testedView yearly tests →
250 / 1,415 testedView yearly tests →
DDE12.3%
172 / 1,401 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: 77.8%, 540 of 694 tested samples1995: 83.2%, 588 of 707 tested samples2000: 69.9%, 258 of 369 tested samples2001: 82.0%, 601 of 733 tested samples2002: 90.0%, 333 of 370 tested samples2008: 90.5%, 673 of 744 tested samples2009: 92.3%, 687 of 744 tested samples2015: 99.9%, 706 of 707 tested samples2016: 99.7%, 706 of 708 tested samples2022: 94.3%, 499 of 529 tested samples2023: 92.7%, 657 of 709 tested samples2024: 98.3%, 174 of 177 tested samples199420092024

12 tested years between 1994 and 2024. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

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Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
199469454077.8%
199570758883.2%
1996Not tested——
1997Not tested——
1998Not tested——
1999Not tested——
200036925869.9%
200173360182.0%
200237033390.0%
2003Not tested——
2004Not tested——
2005Not tested——
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
200874467390.5%
200974468792.3%
2010Not tested——
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
201570770699.9%
201670870699.7%
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
2019Not tested——
2020Not tested——
2021Not tested——
202252949994.3%
202370965792.7%
202417717498.3%
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
769
1
2,919
2
1,840
3
898
4
428
5
218
6
79
7
29
8
6
9
4
10+
1

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. origin96.9% · 6,971
Imported2.7% · 195
Unknown origin0.3% · 25

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 423 analyte results
Each rate has its own actual-tested denominator.
AnalyteTestedDetectedRateDetails
1-Naphthol2,70000.0%—
2,4,5-T74400.0%—
2,4-D1,421513.6%Yearly results
2,4-DB74400.0%—
2,6-DIPN1,415271.9%Yearly results
3-Hydroxycarbofuran7,082140.2%Yearly results
5-Hydroxythiabendazole41061.5%—
Acephate6,97150.1%—
Acetamiprid4,29600.0%—
Acetochlor1,41500.0%—
Acibenzolar S methyl2,81000.0%—
Alachlor2,83000.0%—
Aldicarb6,92000.0%—
Aldicarb sulfone6,914470.7%Yearly results
Aldicarb sulfoxide7,191891.2%Yearly results
Aldrin4,31800.0%—
Allethrin2,60700.0%—
Ametoctradin2,83010.0%—
Ametryn1,97900.0%—
Anilazine5400.0%—
Atrazine5,70300.0%—
Azinphos ethyl73800.0%—
Azinphos methyl7,19120.0%—
Azinphos methyl oxygen analog2,46700.0%—
Azoxystrobin4,31879618.4%Yearly results
Benalaxyl-M1,41500.0%—
Bendiocarb4,31800.0%—
Benfluralin500.0%—
Benoxacor4,31800.0%—
Bensulide1,41500.0%—
Bensulide oxygen analog1,41500.0%—
Bentazon1,41500.0%—
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl1,41500.0%—
Benzovindiflupyr1,41500.0%—
BHC alpha4,31800.0%—
BHC delta1,41500.0%—
BHC epsilon1,41500.0%—
Bifenazate1,84100.0%—
Bifenthrin4,724771.6%Yearly results
Biphenyl1,41500.0%—
Boscalid4,3182926.8%Yearly results
Bromacil2,78510.0%—
Bupirimate1,41500.0%—
Buprofezin3,90210.0%—
Butocarboxim1,41500.0%—
Butocarboxim sulfone1,41500.0%—
Butocarboxim sulfoxide1,41500.0%—
Butylate1,41500.0%—
Captafol1,47200.0%—
Captan4,37210.0%—
Carbaryl7,19110.0%—
Carbendazim (MBC)1,41500.0%—
Carbofuran7,10030.0%—
Carbophenothion1,73300.0%—
Carbophenothion methyl21000.0%—
Carboxin1,62500.0%—
Carfentrazone ethyl4,09800.0%—
Chlorantraniliprole2,811170.6%Yearly results
Chlordane cis4,318110.3%Yearly results
Chlordane trans4,31810.0%—
Chlorethoxyfos31800.0%—
Chlorfenapyr3,58400.0%—
Chlorfenvinphos total1,73300.0%—
Chlorothalonil3,67200.0%—
Chlorpropham7,1905,85181.4%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos7,19130.0%—
Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog3,94410.0%—
Clethodim2,68300.0%—
Clethodim 5-OH sulfone1,26800.0%—
Clethodim sulfone1,26800.0%—
Clethodim sulfoxide1,26890.7%—
Clofentezine31800.0%—
Clomazone3,99000.0%—
Clopyralid74400.0%—
Clothianidin4,2963237.5%Yearly results
Coumaphos2,04100.0%—
Coumaphos oxygen analog1,72300.0%—
Crotoxyphos31800.0%—
Crufomate31800.0%—
Cyantraniliprole2,83000.0%—
Cyazofamid2,83000.0%—
Cyclaniliprole1,38600.0%—
Cyflufenamid1,41500.0%—
Cyflumetofen1,41500.0%—
Cyfluthrin5,77100.0%—
Cyhalothrin, Lambda75400.0%—
Cyhalothrin, Lambda epimer R15783664600.0%—
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer)3,67200.0%—
Cymoxanil2,86500.0%—
Cypermethrin4,59600.0%—
Cyphenothrin2,68200.0%—
Cyproconazole1,41500.0%—
Cyprodinil1,84100.0%—
Cyromazine2,79100.0%—
DCPA7,19130.0%—
DDD (TDE)85900.0%—
DDD o,p'1,41500.0%—
DDD p,p'4,74250.1%—
DDE1,40117212.3%Yearly results
DDE p,p'5,7903466.0%Yearly results
DDT889606.7%Yearly results
DDT o,p'1,415191.3%Yearly results
DDT p,p'4,678901.9%Yearly results
DEF (Tribufos)51800.0%—
Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin)4,29900.0%—
Demeton3600.0%—
Demeton-O31800.0%—
Demeton-S35400.0%—
Demeton-S sulfone14832.0%—
Desmedipham1,93300.0%—
Diazinon6,99410.0%—
Diazinon oxygen analog5,79000.0%—
Dicamba79800.0%—
Dichlobenil3,02600.0%—
Dichlormid1,41500.0%—
Dichlorobenzophenone p,p' (4,4-DCBP)32500.0%—
Dichlorprop74400.0%—
Dichlorvos (DDVP)7,19100.0%—
Dicloran7,191220.3%Yearly results
Dicofol o,p'2,83000.0%—
Dicofol p,p'5,32010.0%—
Dicofol Total1,40100.0%—
Dicrotophos1,72300.0%—
Dieldrin5,826601.0%Yearly results
Difenoconazole3,2563199.8%Yearly results
Diflubenzuron3,99000.0%—
Dimethenamid3,89200.0%—
Dimethoate7,19120.0%—
Dimethomorph5,77220.0%—
Dinotefuran4,31800.0%—
Diphenamid2,88700.0%—
Diphenylamine (DPA)6,64170.1%—
Disulfoton7,14710.0%—
Disulfoton oxygen analog3,23200.0%—
Disulfoton sulfone5,83000.0%—
Disulfoton sulfone oxygen analog2,83000.0%—
Disulfoton sulfoxide3,65200.0%—
Disulfoton sulfoxide oxygen analog2,83000.0%—
Dithiopyr1,41500.0%—
Diuron4,59810.0%—
Emamectin benzoate1,41510.1%—
Endosulfan I5,79020.0%—
Endosulfan II5,79040.1%—
Endosulfan sulfate5,6541703.0%Yearly results
Endosulfans Total1,40122115.8%Yearly results
Endrin4,31830.1%—
EPN1,73300.0%—
EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate)2,32300.0%—
Esfenvalerate4,25700.0%—
Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total2,43810.0%—
Ethaboxam1,41500.0%—
Ethalfluralin3,99000.0%—
Ethiofencarb1,35500.0%—
Ethion6,18100.0%—
Ethion di oxon30800.0%—
Ethion mono oxon2,28500.0%—
Ethofumesate1,41500.0%—
Ethoprop5,82610.0%—
Etofenprox2,83020.1%—
Etoxazole2,83000.0%—
Etridiazole1,63500.0%—
Famoxadone3,17700.0%—
Fenamidone4,09800.0%—
Fenamiphos6,32900.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfone5,47500.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfoxide3,97100.0%—
Fenarimol3,45600.0%—
Fenazaquin1,41500.0%—
Fenbuconazole3,50200.0%—
Fenchlorphos (Ronnel)31800.0%—
Fenhexamid2,53500.0%—
Fenitrothion1,73300.0%—
Fenitrothion oxygen analog30800.0%—
Fenoxycarb1,41500.0%—
Fenpropathrin4,32500.0%—
Fenpropimorph1,41500.0%—
Fenpyroximate2,83000.0%—
Fensulfothion31800.0%—
Fenthion3,14800.0%—
Fenthion oxygen analog sulfone1,41500.0%—
Fenthion oxygen analog sulfoxide1,41500.0%—
Fenthion sulfone1,41500.0%—
Fenthion sulfoxide1,41500.0%—
Fenvalerate3,10000.0%—
Fipronil3,138371.2%Yearly results
Flonicamid3,25640.1%—
Fluazifop butyl1,41500.0%—
Fluazifop-P-butyl1,41500.0%—
Fluazinam1,41500.0%—
Flubendiamide1,41500.0%—
Fludioxonil4,7062415.1%Yearly results
Fluensulfone1,41500.0%—
Flufenacet1,41500.0%—
Flumioxazin2,83000.0%—
Fluometuron1,41500.0%—
Fluopicolide2,83000.0%—
Fluopyram1,41525017.7%Yearly results
Fluoxastrobin2,83020.1%—
Flupyradifurone1,41500.0%—
Fluridone4,34040.1%—
Fluroxypyr-meptyl74400.0%—
Flusilazole1,41500.0%—
Fluthiacet methyl1,41500.0%—
Flutolanil2,4771415.7%Yearly results
Flutriafol1,41500.0%—
Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate)2,68300.0%—
Fluxapyroxad2,830170.6%Yearly results
Folpet2,81500.0%—
Fonofos5,68200.0%—
Forchlorfenuron1,41500.0%—
Formetanate hydrochloride1,62500.0%—
Fosthiazate1,41500.0%—
Halosulfuron methyl1,52300.0%—
Heptachlor5,41000.0%—
Heptachlor epoxide5,57040.1%—
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)5,77610.0%—
Hexaconazole45600.0%—
Hexazinone66200.0%—
Hexythiazox1,62500.0%—
Hydroprene2,65300.0%—
Hydroprene-S17700.0%—
Imazalil6,02110.0%—
Imazosulfuron1,41500.0%—
Imidacloprid4,3181,05924.5%Yearly results
Imidacloprid urea1,41500.0%—
Imiprothrin2,64300.0%—
Indoxacarb2,88100.0%—
Ipconazole1,41500.0%—
Iprodione7,15110.0%—
Iprovalicarb1,41500.0%—
Isofenphos21000.0%—
Isopyrazam1,41500.0%—
Isoxadifen ethyl1,41500.0%—
Isoxaflutole30800.0%—
Kinoprene1,41500.0%—
Kresoxim-methyl2,83000.0%—
Lambda cyhalothrin total31600.0%—
Lindane (BHC gamma)7,19100.0%—
Linuron6,10910.0%—
Lufenuron1,38500.0%—
Malathion7,19100.0%—
Malathion oxygen analog5,79000.0%—
Mandipropamid2,83000.0%—
MCPA79800.0%—
Mecoprop (MCPP)74400.0%—
Mefentrifluconazole1,41510.1%—
Mepanipyrim1,41500.0%—
Mesotrione1,41500.0%—
Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam5,8341943.3%Yearly results
Metaldehyde1,41500.0%—
Metconazole1,41500.0%—
Methamidophos7,191330.5%Yearly results
Methidathion6,25700.0%—
Methidathion oxygen analog51800.0%—
Methiocarb3,86100.0%—
Methomyl7,19100.0%—
Methomyl oxime1,41500.0%—
Methoprene2,83000.0%—
Methoxychlor olefin1,41500.0%—
Methoxychlor p,p'1,98600.0%—
Methoxychlor Total4,21200.0%—
Methoxyfenozide4,31800.0%—
Metolachlor5,79040.1%—
Metrafenone1,41500.0%—
Metribuzin5,790200.3%Yearly results
Mevinphos E42400.0%—
Mevinphos Total4,49000.0%—
Mevinphos Z42400.0%—
MGK-2643,23800.0%—
MGK-326 (dipropyl isocinchomeronate)1,41500.0%—
Monocrotophos3,16900.0%—
Myclobutanil7,17300.0%—
Napropamide3,37600.0%—
Nitrapyrin1,41500.0%—
Norflurazon4,62000.0%—
Norflurazon desmethyl4,60230.1%—
Novaluron3,11600.0%—
o-Phenylphenol4,2601032.4%Yearly results
Omethoate6,96300.0%—
Oryzalin1,41500.0%—
Oxadixyl2,26500.0%—
Oxamyl7,19160.1%—
Oxamyl oxime2,90350.2%—
Oxathiapiprolin1,41500.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl1,41500.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl sulfone3,51300.0%—
Oxyfluorfen3,57200.0%—
Paclobutrazol1,38530.2%—
Parathion ethyl5,99700.0%—
Parathion methyl7,11900.0%—
Parathion methyl oxygen analog4,67000.0%—
Parathion oxygen analog4,92830.1%—
Penconazole1,41500.0%—
Pencycuron1,41500.0%—
Pendimethalin4,728230.5%Yearly results
Penflufen1,41500.0%—
Pentachloroaniline (PCA)3,9201283.3%Yearly results
Pentachlorobenzene (PCB)6,9521301.9%Yearly results
Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS)2,477261.0%Yearly results
Penthiopyrad2,830250.9%Yearly results
Permethrin cis4,74210.0%—
Permethrin Total2,44900.0%—
Permethrin trans4,74210.0%—
Phenmedipham21000.0%—
Phenothrin4,01000.0%—
Phenthoate1,41500.0%—
Phorate7,04000.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog2,90000.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog sulfone1,47840.3%—
Phorate oxygen analog sulfoxide1,41500.0%—
Phorate sulfone6,370621.0%Yearly results
Phorate sulfoxide4,727340.7%Yearly results
Phosalone4,61300.0%—
Phosalone oxygen analog10800.0%—
Phosmet5,77600.0%—
Phosmet oxygen analog1,41500.0%—
Phosphamidon4,33410.0%—
Phoxim1,41500.0%—
Picloram74400.0%—
Picoxystrobin1,41510.1%—
Piperonyl butoxide5,79000.0%—
Pirimicarb2,83000.0%—
Pirimicarb desmethyl1,41500.0%—
Pirimiphos methyl3,14800.0%—
Prallethrin2,90300.0%—
Procymidone1,76700.0%—
Prodiamine1,41500.0%—
Profenofos3,13800.0%—
Prometon1,41500.0%—
Prometryn3,61000.0%—
Pronamide (Propyzamide)5,39000.0%—
Propachlor1,41500.0%—
Propamocarb hydrochloride1,415191.3%Yearly results
Propargite7,18400.0%—
Propetamphos4,33600.0%—
Propham21000.0%—
Propiconazole3,21700.0%—
Propiconazole I67200.0%—
Propiconazole II67200.0%—
Prosulfuron1,41500.0%—
Prothiofos1,41500.0%—
Pydiflumetofen1,41500.0%—
Pymetrozine2,83000.0%—
Pyraclostrobin4,31830.1%—
Pyraflufen ethyl1,51000.0%—
Pyrazophos1,41500.0%—
Pyrethrins1,41500.0%—
Pyridaben2,08500.0%—
Pyrifluquinazon1,41500.0%—
Pyrimethanil3,25620.1%—
Pyriofenone1,41500.0%—
Pyriproxyfen4,31800.0%—
Quinalphos1,41500.0%—
Quinchlorac74400.0%—
Quinoxyfen3,14800.0%—
Quintozene (PCNB)7,191761.1%Yearly results
Resmethrin1,74100.0%—
Resmethrin cis2,36500.0%—
Resmethrin trans2,59500.0%—
Sedaxane1,41500.0%—
Sethoxydim1,26800.0%—
Simazine4,62000.0%—
Spinetoram2,83010.0%—
Spinosad2,83010.0%—
Spinosad A42600.0%—
Spinosad D42600.0%—
Spirodiclofen1,41500.0%—
Spiromesifen1,62500.0%—
Spiromesifen enol metabolite (calculated as parent)1,41500.0%—
Spiromesifen Total (parent + enol metabolite)1,33600.0%—
Spirotetramat2,83000.0%—
Spiroxamine1,41500.0%—
Sulfentrazone1,84100.0%—
Sulfoxaflor2,83000.0%—
Sulprofos1,41500.0%—
TCMTB1,41500.0%—
Tebuconazole3,68000.0%—
Tebufenozide3,45600.0%—
Tebufenpyrad1,41500.0%—
Tebuthiuron2,83000.0%—
Tecnazene1,52020.1%—
Teflubenzuron1,41500.0%—
Tefluthrin4,09800.0%—
Temephos26400.0%—
Terbacil4,62000.0%—
Terbufos4,67200.0%—
Terbufos oxygen analog1,72300.0%—
Terbufos oxygen analog sulfone1,57100.0%—
Terbufos sulfone5,00500.0%—
Terbufos sulfoxide1,41500.0%—
Terbuthylazine1,41500.0%—
Tetrachlorvinphos3,20500.0%—
Tetraconazole2,83000.0%—
Tetradifon5,40800.0%—
Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI)2,80770.2%—
Tetramethrin2,59500.0%—
Thiabendazole7,1916308.8%Yearly results
Thiacloprid3,14800.0%—
Thiamethoxam4,3183959.1%Yearly results
Thiencarbazone methyl1,41500.0%—
Thiobencarb1,96100.0%—
Thiodicarb1,96900.0%—
Thionazin31800.0%—
Thiophanate methyl19800.0%—
Tolfenpyrad1,41500.0%—
Tolylfluanid1,41500.0%—
Tri Allate10800.0%—
Triadimefon4,72800.0%—
Triadimenol1,73300.0%—
Triazophos1,41500.0%—
Trichlorfon1,41500.0%—
Triclopyr74400.0%—
Trifloxystrobin4,31800.0%—
Triflumizole1,73300.0%—
Trifluralin6,83470.1%—
Triforine1,41500.0%—
Triphenyltin hydroxide1,41500.0%—
Triticonazole1,41500.0%—
Uniconazole1,41500.0%—
Valifenalate1,41500.0%—
Vernolate1,47200.0%—
Vinclozolin6,56400.0%—
Zoxamide1,41500.0%—
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Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024.

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