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CFSAN/Office of Food Safety*
April 2001; Updated July 2008

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Total Diet Study

Introduction

Market Baskets

TDS Market Baskets (MBs) are generally conducted four times each year, once in each of four geographic regions of the countries. The MB number (e.g., 91-3) indicates the last two numbers of the fiscal year (e.g., 91) and the specific collection (1 through 4) for that year. For each MB, samples of each TDS food are collected over a 5-week period in three cities in the region. The following table indicates the collection sites and dates relevant to the data reported on this website.

MB Collection Cities Coll. Dates
91-3 Camden, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Buffalo, NY Sep - Oct 1991
92-1 Riverside/San Bernadino/Ontario, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Salem, OR Jan - Feb 1992
92-2 Mobile, AL; Shreveport, LA; Charleston, WV Jul - Aug 1992
93-1 Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Kalamazoo/Portage, MI Oct 1992
93-2 Boston, MA; New York, NY; New Brunswick/Perth Amboy/Sayreville, NJ Mar - Apr 1993
93-3 Sacramento, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; Spokane, WA Jun - Jul 1993
94-1 San Antonio, TX; Raleigh, NC; San Juan, PR Oct - Nov 1993
94-2 Rockford, IL; Omaha, NE; Fargo, ND/Moorhead, MN Jan - Feb 1994
94-3 Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY; Nassau/Suffolk, NY; Pittsburgh, PA May 1994
94-4 Albuquerque, NM; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA Aug 1994
95-1 Nashville, TN; Baltimore, MD; Orlando, FL Oct - Nov 1994
95-2 Brownsville, TX; San Diego, CA; Tucson, AZ Feb - Mar 1995
95-3 Hartford, CT; Rochester, NY; Monmouth/Ocean, NJ Jun 1995
96-1 Salt Lake City/Ogden, UT; Bakersfield, CA; Tacoma, WA Oct - Nov 1995
96-2 Charleston, SC; Lafayette, LA; West Palm Beach/Boca Raton/Delray Beach, FL Jan - Feb 1996
96-3 Portland, ME; New York City/Westchester County, NY; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA Apr - May 1996
96-4 Lansing/East Lansing, MI; Davenport, IA/Rock Island/Moline, IL; St. Cloud, MN Aug - Sep 1996
97-1 Phoenix, AZ; Fresno, CA; San Antonio, TX Nov 1996 - Jan 1997
97-2 Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News, VA; Nashville, TN; Ponce, PR Mar - Apr 1997
97-3 Syracuse, NY; Bergen/Passaic, NJ; Lancaster, PA Jun - Jul 1997
97-4 Columbus, OH; Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI; Wichita, KS Sep - Oct 1997
98-1 Pueblo, CO; Los Angles/Long Beach, CA; Boise City, ID Nov - Dec 1997
98-2 Savannah, GA; Tulsa, OK; Baton Rouge, LA Feb - Mar 1998
98-3 Providence, RI; Long Beach/Ashbury Park, NJ; New York City, NY May - Jun 1998
98-4 Peoria, IL; Dayton, OH; Sioux Falls, SD Aug 1998
99-1 Denver, CO; Reno, NV; Portland, OR Oct - Dec 1998
99-2 Baltimore, MD; Tallahassee, FL; San Juan, PR Mar 1999
99-3 Binghamton, NY; Worcester, MA; Harrisburg, PA Jul - Aug 1999
00-1 Grand Rapids, MI; Springfield, MO; Milwaukee, WI Oct - Nov 1999
00-2 Tucson, AZ; San Diego, CA; Brownsville, TX Jan - Feb 2000
00-3 Birmingham, AL; Columbus, GA; Jackson, MS Apr - May 2000
00-4 Nassau/Suffolk, NY; Newark, NJ; Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY Aug 2000
01-1 Lincoln, NE; Springfield, IL; Cleveland/Lorain/Elyria, OH Oct - Nov 2000
01-2 Colorado Springs, CO; Oakland, CA; Spokane, WA Jan - Mar 2001
01-3 Washington, DC; Oklahoma City, OK; Orlando, FL Apr - May 2001
01-4 Manchester, NH; New York, NY; Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA Jul - Aug 2001
02-1 Cook County, IL; Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Oct – Nov 2001
02-2 Ventura County, CA; San Jose, CA; Yakima, WA Jan – Feb 2002
02-3 Greenville, SC; New Orleans, LA; Knoxville, TN Apr – May 2002
02-4 Binghamton, NY; Springfield, MA; Newark, NJ Jul – Aug 2002
03-1 Akron, OH; Des Moines, IA; Green Bay, WI Oct – Dec 2002
03-2 Albuquerque, NM; Riverside-San Bernardino, CA; Salem, OR Jan – Mar 2003
03-3 Charleston, WV; Houston, TX; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Apr – Jun 2003
03-4 Monmouth-Ocean City, NJ; Rochester, NY; Philadelphia, PA Jul – Aug 2003
04-1 Chicago, IL; Youngstown-Warren, OH; Detroit, MI Oct – Nov 2003
04-2 Salt Lake City-Odgen, UT; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Las Vegas, NV Jan – Feb 2004
04-3 Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX; Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Apr – May 2004
04-4 Boston, MA; Syracuse, NY; Pittsburgh, PA Jul – Aug 2004
05-1 Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, MI; Omaha, NE; St. Cloud, MN Oct – Nov 2004
05-2 Pueblo, CO; San Jose, CA; Boise City, ID Jan – Feb 2005
05-3 Roanoke, VA; West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL; New Orleans, LA Mar – May 2005
05-4 Hartford, CT; Bergen-Passaic, NJ; Binghamton, NY Jun – Aug 2005


*Previously Office of Plant and Dairy Foods.
†This document was originally issued April 2001, and updated June 2003, September 2004, September 2005, August 2006, March 2007 and July 2008.

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