Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program
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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. Samples are collected from throughout the channels of trade, including wholesale and retail outlets, distribution centers, and farmers markets. DPR Enforcement Branch staff collect the samples and deliver them to a California Department of Food and Agriculture laboratory where all are tested with multiresidue screens capable of detecting more than 400 pesticides and breakdown products.
For more information on the California Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program, please see A Guide to Pesticide Regulation in California: 2017 Update, Chapter 7, PDF.
Summaries of DPR Report, Pesticide Residues in Fresh Produce
Annual Residue Data
- 2022, Excel
- 2021, Excel
- 2020, Excel
- 2019, Excel
- 2018, Excel
- 2017, Excel
- 2016, Excel
- 2015, Excel
- 2014, Excel
Supplementary information to assist in interpreting the residue data:
- Data dictionary – terms used in residue data files
- Glossary, PDF – terms used in the Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program
- County code table – numeric codes assigned to each county
- Origin table – state or country of commodity origin
- Pesticide tolerances – allowable residue levels
Fact Sheets
- Pesticides and Food: How We Test for Safety, PDF – DPR 2-page fact sheet about our monitoring program
- What Is a Pesticide?, PDF - DPR 2-page fact sheet
- What You Should Know About the California Pesticide Monitoring Program - Guidance for Vendors
Databases on Pesticide Characteristics and Use
- Pesticide use reporting – DPR database of reported use of pesticides
- Extoxnet, a searchable resource of information on pesticides, written for the nonexpert by scientists from a number of cooperating universities
- National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC), a U.S. EPA-funded pesticide information service
Additional Information
- Food safety information and links
- FoodSafety.gov, federal portal to pesticide-related information
- U. S. Department of Agriculture Pesticide Data Program
For content questions contact:
Enforcement Headquarters
Phone : 916-324-4100
Email: ENF.HQ@cdpr.ca.gov