Food × analyte
Pentachloroaniline (PCA) on spinach
1995–2016 · 8 tested years
3,184samples tested
for this analyte
for this analyte
23samples with
a detection
a detection
0.7%of analyte-tested samples
Testing detected Pentachloroaniline (PCA) in 23 of 3,184 spinach samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 6,187 samples of this food.
Year-by-year results
Actual tested and detected sample counts.
8 tested years between 1995 and 2016. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 133 | 10 | 7.5% |
| 1996 | 104 | 2 | 1.9% |
| 1997 | 104 | 2 | 1.9% |
| 1998 | Not tested | — | — |
| 1999 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2000 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2001 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2002 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2003 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2004 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2005 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2006 | 366 | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | 528 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2009 | 534 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2010 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2011 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2012 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2013 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2014 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2015 | 708 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 2016 | 707 | 4 | 0.6% |
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: 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016.