date:Nov 10, 2017
s and vegetables accounted for 58.7 percent of domestic samples.
Because the violation rates of import samples are generally higher than for domestic samples, the FDA tests more imported commodities than domestic, according to the annual report. In its regulatory pesticide residue monitoring program, the FDA selectively monitors a broad range of imported and domestic commodities.
The FDA analyzed 4,737 from 111 foreign countries during FY 2015. Of those samples, 444, or 9.3 percent, had pestic