Pesticide Program
Pesticide Monitoring Database
2002

Welcome to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pesticide Monitoring Database for Fiscal Year 2002. 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 6,766 samples from over 100 countries that were analyzed under the regulatory monitoring component of FDA pesticide programs for Fiscal Year 2002. (No data from the Incidence/Level Monitoring or Total Diet Study are included.) 2,122 of the samples were of domestic origin, and 4,644 were imports.

Summary Files

File Name	Decompresses to	Size of final file # of records	File Definition
PROD2002.EXE 34 KB compressed	PROD2002.TXT	102 KB 1,471 records	2002 summary file by country/foodproduct combination (without regard to pesticide)
CHEM2002.EXE 90 KB compressed	CHEM2002.TXT	599 KB 14,361 records	2002 summary file by country/pesticide combination (without regard to product)
US2002.EXE 346 KB compressed	US2002.TXT	2.22 MB 23,463 records	2002 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, all domestic products*
IMFR2002.EXE 234 KB compressed	IMFR2002.TXT	3.93 MB 41,913 records	2002 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported fruits and nuts*
IMVE2002.EXE 255 KB compressed	IMVE2002.TXT	4.37 MB 45,717 records	2002 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported vegetables and spices*
IMOT2002.EXE 133 KB compressed	IMOT2002.TXT	2.01 MB 22,878 records	2002 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

SMPL2002.EXE 346 KB compressed

SMPL2002.TXT

4.00 MB 24,652 records

2002 analytical data for each individual sample, as entered by FDA field chemist

 

Files of Additional Information

METH2002.EXE 60 KB compressed	METH2002.TXT	361 KB 14,410 records	2002 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	244 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, .