Pesticide Residues 99% Below the Limit

The USDA is out with the 2024 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, which showed more than 99% of the samples tested had pesticide residues below benchmark levels established by the EPA.

Every year, USDA and the EPA work together to identify foods to be tested on a rotating basis by the PDP.  In 2024, tests were conducted on over 98-hundred samples from 19 commodities of fresh and processed fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish.  The USDA tests a wide variety of domestic and imported foods, with a strong focus on foods that are consumed by infants and children.

The data also provides regulators, farmers, processors, manufacturers, consumers, and scientists with important insights into the actual levels of pesticide residues found in widely consumed foods.

Click Here to read the 2024 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary.

The FDA and EPA would be immediately notified if a PDP test discovers residue levels that could pose a public safety concern.

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