WASHINGTON — The Agricultural Marketing Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary for the 2006 calendar year. According to the report, pesticide residues were detected in 7 percent of the poultry breast and thigh samples taken in 2006.
In 2006, surveys were conducted under the Pesticide Data Program on a variety of other foods in addition to poultry. The data collected through this program provides the most comprehensive database available on actual levels of pesticide residues found in the U.S. food supply.
The following 12 states participated in the program during 2006: California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.
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