Late last week, the USDA published its 2015 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The Pesticide Data Program is a national pesticide residue monitoring program and produces a comprehensive pesticide residue database.

Per the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the data in the summary is used by the EPA and the FDA to assess dietary exposure to pesticides and to help market U.S. agricultural products. The 2015 data summary revealed that when pesticide residues were found on foods, they were almost always below the tolerance levels set by the EPA. Accordingly, 99 percent of the samples tested in 2015 “had residues well below the EPA established tolerances with 15 percent having no detectable pesticide residue.” Over 10,000 food samples were tested, including fruits, vegetables and peanut butter. (The PDP no longer tests water from municipalities due to budget contraints).

Critically, AMS notes that the pesticide glyphosate is “not currently part of PDP sampled pesticides.”

The data and the summary, along with an explanatory guide for consumers, is available here.