Pesticide Program
Pesticide Monitoring Database
2004

Welcome to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pesticide Monitoring Database for Fiscal Year 2004. Files must be downloaded for further use. No online search capability is available for these files.

A report based on the information in this database is also available.

The following downloadable data files represent the 7,905 samples from over 100 countries that were analyzed under the regulatory monitoring component of FDA pesticide programs for Fiscal Year 2004. (No data from the Incidence/Level Monitoring or Total Diet Study are included.) 2,832 of the samples were of domestic origin, and 5,073 were imports.

Summary Files

File Name	Decompresses to	Size of final file # of records	File Definition
PROD2004.EXE 89.8 KB compressed	PROD2004.TXT	120 KB 1,715 records	2004 summary file by country/foodproduct combination (without regard to pesticide)
CHEM2004.EXE 161 KB compressed	CHEM2004.TXT	767 KB 18,176 records	2004 summary file by country/pesticide combination (without regard to product)
US2004.EXE 276 KB compressed	US2004.TXT	3.69 MB 35,140 records	2004 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, all domestic products*
IMFR2004.EXE 422 KB compressed	IMFR2004.TXT	6.40 MB 67,919 records	2004 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported fruits and nuts*
IMVE2004.EXE 669 KB compressed	IMVE2004.TXT	7.46 MB 74,034 records	2004 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported vegetables and spices*
IMOT2004.EXE 213 KB compressed	IMOT2004.TXT	2.54 MB 28,209 records	2004 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, all other imported food products*
* These four summary data files may be combined into a single database or used separately.

 

Analytical Data File

SMPL2004.EXE 393 KB compressed

SMPL2004.TXT

3.71 MB 21,558 records

2004 analytical data for each individual sample, as entered by FDA field chemist

 

Files of Additional Information

METH2004.EXE 123 KB compressed	METH2004.TXT	447 KB 17,959 records	2004 list of pesticides covered by analytical methods used by FDA
ALLCODES.EXE 67 KB compressed	ReadMe.txt, Country.txt, Chemical.txt, Detncode.txt, Prodcode.txt	243 KB	ReadMe explains the other files, which provide, respectively, additional information about: countries (of origin of samples), chemical names of residues, analytical extraction methods, analytical detection methods, and product codes of samples

The sizes of compressed and expanded files are approximate and are provided so the user can estimate download times and disk space requirements.

Information on the structure and content of the data files are described in the User's Manual.

PLEASE READ THE MANUAL BEFORE USING THE DATA FILES.

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To report access problems, contact Fred Fry, .

To comment on the Pesticide Monitoring Database content or request further information, contact Mark Wirtz, .