The FDA released its annual Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report for Fiscal Year 2022, summarizing findings from the FDA’s testing of human and animal foods for 757 different pesticides and selected industrial compounds from Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
According to the report, the FDA analyzed 2,800 human food samples (731 domestic and 2,069 import samples) in its regulatory monitoring program. The FDA collected domestic human food samples from 41 states and import human food samples from 81 countries/economies.
The FDA found that 96.2% of domestic and 89.5% of import human foods were compliant with federal standards. No pesticide chemical residues were detected in 42.7% of the domestic and 44.6% of the import samples.
Read the full report here.
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