Pesticide Program
Pesticide Monitoring Database
2006

Welcome to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pesticide Monitoring Database for Fiscal Year 2006. 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 5,512 samples from over 100 countries that were analyzed under the regulatory monitoring component of FDA pesticide programs for Fiscal Year 2006. (No data from the Incidence/Level Monitoring or Total Diet Study are included.) 1,260 of the samples were of domestic origin, and 4,252 were imports.

Summary Files

File Name	Decompresses to	Size of final file # of records	File Definition
PROD2006.EXE 85.9 KB compressed	PROD2006.TXT	96.4 KB 1,377 records	2006 summary file by country/foodproduct combination (without regard to pesticide)
CHEM2006.EXE 128 KB compressed	CHEM2006.TXT	483 KB 11,707 records	2006 summary file by country/pesticide combination (without regard to product)
US2006.EXE 171 KB compressed	US2006.TXT	1.93 MB 19,180 records	2006 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, all domestic products*
IMFR2006.EXE 286 KB compressed	IMFR2006.TXT	4.12 MB 43,834 records	2006 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported fruits and nuts*
IMVE2006.EXE 301 KB compressed	IMVE2006.TXT	4.16 MB 45,096 records	2006 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported vegetables and spices*
IMOT2006.EXE 215 KB compressed	IMOT2006.TXT	2.71 MB 29,431 records	2006 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

SMPL2006.EXE 568 KB compressed

SMPL2006.TXT

3.70 MB 21,558 records

2006 analytical data for each individual sample, as entered by FDA field chemist

 

Files of Additional Information

METH2006.EXE 123 KB compressed	METH2006.TXT	447 KB 17,959 records	2006 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, .