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Summaries of DPR Report Residues in Fresh Produce
| Summary of Residues in Fresh Produce listed by year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2002 | 1996 |
| 2005 | 2001 | 1995 |
| 2004 | 1998-2000 | 1994 |
| 2003 | 1997 | |
Residue Monitoring Program
DPR samples individual lots of domestic and imported produce and analyzes them for pesticide residues to enforce the tolerances set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Samples are collected from throughout the channels of trade--at points of entry (seaports and state border stations), packing sites, and the wholesale and retail markets. Enforcement Branch staff collects most samples, although County Agricultural Commissioners collect many point-of-origin (e.g., packing sites) samples. Samples are taken to a California Department of Food and Agriculture laboratory where all are tested with multiresidue screens capable of detecting more than 200 pesticides and breakdown products. In addition, selected samples receive specific analysis for nonscreenable pesticides of enforcement concern.
For more information on California’s Residue Monitoring Program, please see Regulating Pesticides: The California Story, Chapter 8 (PDF, 68 kb).
Annual Residue Data
These residue data files are compressed (zipped) into self-extracting executable files. To download click on the file name, in the "Save As" dialog box, select the drive and directory location where the file should be saved. It will extract as a text (tab delimited) file. Please Note: These files should be viewed by using a spreadsheet program (i.e., Excel, Lotus, etc.).
| Annual Residue Data listed by year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2006 (147 kb) | 1999 (246 kb) | 1992 (270 kb) |
| 2005 (156 kb) | 1998 (224 kb) | 1991 (238 kb) |
| 2004 (156 kb) | 1997 (222 kb) | 1990 (263 kb) |
| 2003 (108 kb) | 1996 (236 kb) | 1989 (283 kb) |
| 2002 (232 kb) | 1995 (231 kb) | 1988 (2.1 mb) |
| 2001 (267 kb) | 1994 (200 kb) | 1987 (217 kb) |
| 2000 (242 kb) | 1993 (228 kb) | 1986 (41 kb) |
Supplementary information to asssist in interepreting the residue data:
- Data dictionary – terms used in residue data files
- County code table – numeric codes assigned to each county
- Origin table – state or country of commodity origin
- Pesticide tolerances – allowable residue levels
Additional Information
- Food safety information and links
- Pesticides and Food: How We Test for Safety – DPR 2-page fact sheet about our monitoring program (PDF, 80 kb)
- Pesticide use reporting – DPR database of reported use of pesticides
- What Is a Pesticide? DPR 2-page fact sheet (PDF, 84 kb)
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Setting Tolerances for Pesticide Residues in Food, a U.S. EPA fact sheet
- Food Safety.gov, federal portal to pesticide-related information
- National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), a U.S. EPA-funded pesticide information service
- Extoxnet, a searchable resource of information on pesticides, written for the nonexpert by scientists from a number of cooperating universities
- U. S. Department of Agriculture Pesticide Data Program
- U. S. Food and Drug Administration Residue Monitoring Reports
For content questions contact:
Michael Zeiss, Ph.D.
Food Safety Coordinator/Residue Sampling Manager
Enforcement Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 445-4023
Fax: (916) 445-3907
E-mail: mzeiss@cdpr.ca.gov