What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Imidacloprid on sweet bell peppers

2003–2021 · 8 tested years

3,820samples tested
for this analyte
1,458samples with
a detection
38.2%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Imidacloprid in 1,458 of 3,820 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.

0%25%50%75%100%2003: 77.8%, 189 of 243 tested samples2004: 81.0%, 452 of 558 tested samples2010: 37.2%, 277 of 744 tested samples2011: 26.6%, 197 of 741 tested samples2012: 26.3%, 49 of 186 tested samples2019: 18.1%, 64 of 354 tested samples2020: 21.5%, 145 of 675 tested samples2021: 26.6%, 85 of 319 tested samples200320122021

8 tested years between 2003 and 2021. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
200324318977.8%
200455845281.0%
2005Not tested——
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
2008Not tested——
2009Not tested——
201074427737.2%
201174119726.6%
20121864926.3%
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
2015Not tested——
2016Not tested——
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
20193546418.1%
202067514521.5%
20213198526.6%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Sweet Bell Peppers →Imidacloprid across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

Other analytes on this food

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