What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Imidacloprid on watermelon

2005–2023 · 8 tested years

3,033samples tested
for this analyte
335samples with
a detection
11.0%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Imidacloprid in 335 of 3,033 watermelon samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 3,272 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2005: 12.2%, 15 of 123 tested samples2006: 5.1%, 19 of 370 tested samples2010: 11.1%, 41 of 371 tested samples2014: 11.8%, 46 of 390 tested samples2015: 19.5%, 72 of 370 tested samples2021: 17.1%, 30 of 175 tested samples2022: 9.9%, 70 of 709 tested samples2023: 8.0%, 42 of 525 tested samples200520142023

8 tested years between 2005 and 2023. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
20051231512.2%
2006370195.1%
2007Not tested——
2008Not tested——
2009Not tested——
20103714111.1%
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
20143904611.8%
20153707219.5%
2016Not tested——
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
2019Not tested——
2020Not tested——
20211753017.1%
2022709709.9%
2023525428.0%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Watermelon →Imidacloprid across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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