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- Community Guide to Recognizing and Reporting Pesticide Problems
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Reference Links
Food Safety Info & Links
Residue data & reports
- DPR: Pesticide residues in fresh produce, annual reports & downloadable data from DPR’s residue monitoring program
- USDA: Pesticide Data Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture residue monitoring (Opens in new window)
- FDA: Residue monitoring reports, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Opens in new window)
About residue testing
- Pesticides and Food: How We Test for Safety - DPR fact sheet (PDF, 410 kb)
- Setting Tolerances for Pesticide Residues in Food - U.S. EPA fact sheet (Opens in new window)
Related links - (All links open in a new window)
- Foodsafety.gov - U.S. portal to government food safety information
- Food Safety Research Information Office - U.S. Department of Agriculture links to residue data information
- Medline Plus Food Safety Information - National Library of Medicine
For content questions contact:
Michael Zeiss, Ph.D.
Food Safety Coordinator/Residue Sampling Manager
Enforcement Branch
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 445-4023
Fax: (916) 445-3907
E-mail: mzeiss@cdpr.ca.gov