USDA · Pesticide Data Program
Pesticide residues in U.S. foods, 2024
Each year the USDA Pesticide Data Program buys food samples across the United States and tests them for pesticide residues. In 2024 it tested 9,848 samples of 18 foods. For each food we show how often residues were found and how often they were above the EPA tolerance.
9,848samples tested
18foods
59%with at least one residue
1.0%above an EPA tolerance
| Food | Samples | Residue found | Above tolerance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almonds | 531 | 88% | 0.0% |
| Apples | 704 | 94% | 0.0% |
| Avocado | 706 | 12% | 0.1% |
| Blackberries, Fresh | 685 | 83% | 3.8% |
| Cherry Tomatoes | 529 | 79% | 1.9% |
| Cucumbers | 708 | 85% | 1.3% |
| Fish, Salmon | 176 | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| Lettuce, Head | 708 | 54% | 0.0% |
| Lettuce, Leaf | 706 | 89% | 0.0% |
| Onions | 708 | 28% | 0.0% |
| Oranges | 709 | 94% | 0.0% |
| Pineapple, Fresh | 656 | 11% | 0.0% |
| Pineapple, Frozen | 52 | 7.7% | 0.0% |
| Potatoes | 177 | 98% | 0.0% |
| Pumpkin, Canned | 706 | 36% | 0.8% |
| Sweet Corn, Fresh | 607 | 10% | 0.8% |
| Sweet Corn, Frozen | 101 | 3.0% | 0.0% |
| Tomatillos | 679 | 78% | 6.3% |
An EPA tolerance is the maximum residue level legally allowed on a food in the United States. A residue found is not, by itself, a safety finding; this page reports the measurements only.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Pesticide Data Program, 2024 database (ams.usda.gov), public domain · shares calculated by Shelfpedia.