Food × analyte
Acephate on sweet bell peppers
1999–2021 · 11 tested years
5,960samples tested
for this analyte
for this analyte
909samples with
a detection
a detection
15.3%of analyte-tested samples
Testing detected Acephate in 909 of 5,960 sweet bell peppers samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 5,984 samples of this food.
Year-by-year results
Actual tested and detected sample counts.
11 tested years between 1999 and 2021. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 718 | 181 | 25.2% |
| 2000 | 738 | 151 | 20.5% |
| 2001 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2002 | 186 | 41 | 22.0% |
| 2003 | 741 | 160 | 21.6% |
| 2004 | 558 | 131 | 23.5% |
| 2005 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2006 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2007 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2008 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2009 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2010 | 744 | 99 | 13.3% |
| 2011 | 741 | 83 | 11.2% |
| 2012 | 186 | 8 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2014 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2015 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2016 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2017 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2018 | Not tested | — | — |
| 2019 | 354 | 29 | 8.2% |
| 2020 | 675 | 24 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 319 | 2 | 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: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021.