Pesticide Program
Pesticide Monitoring Database
2003

Welcome to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pesticide Monitoring Database for Fiscal Year 2003. 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 2003. (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
PROD2003.EXE 37 KB compressed	PROD2003.TXT	119 KB 1,711 records	2003 summary file by country/foodproduct combination (without regard to pesticide)
CHEM2003.EXE 103 KB compressed	CHEM2003.TXT	699 KB 16,584 records	2003 summary file by country/pesticide combination (without regard to product)
US2003.EXE 191 KB compressed	US2003.TXT	2.89 MB 28,972 records	2003 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, all domestic products*
IMFR2003.EXE 330 KB compressed	IMFR2003.TXT	5.90 MB 60,876 records	2003 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported fruits and nuts*
IMVE2003.EXE 374 KB compressed	IMVE2003.TXT	6.88 MB 69,316 records	2003 detailed data by country/food product/pesticide combination, imported vegetables and spices*
IMOT2003.EXE 148 KB compressed	IMOT2003.TXT	2.31 MB 24,467 records	2003 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

SMPL2003.EXE 418 KB compressed

SMPL2003.TXT

4.82 MB 28,548 records

2003 analytical data for each individual sample, as entered by FDA field chemist

 

Files of Additional Information

METH2003.EXE 60 KB compressed	METH2003.TXT	361 KB 14,410 records	2003 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, .