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ORIGIN
COUNTRY
OR STATE
Appendix 2
Table 3
Appendix 2. Table 3 Pesticide Residues Found in 67 Organic Samples Tested in 2003 by the PDP
CROP - PESTICIDE DATA PAIRS (CPDP)
RESIDUE LEVEL
(ppm) - Dairy
Products (ppb)
EPA
TOLERANCE
(ppm) - Dairy
Products (ppb)
RATIO of the
RESIDUE to
EPA
TOLERANCE
MEAN
RESIDUE
LEVEL IN ALL
POSITIVE
SAMPLES
RATIO OF
RESIDUE
LEVEL TO
MEAN
RESIDUE
Butter DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 2.7 1250 0% 17.11130508 16%
Butter Endosulfan sulfate Domestic Unknown 6.9 500 1% 3.633695652 190%
Pears Thiabendazole Domestic Unknown 0.073 10 0.7% 0.479983607 15%
Spinach Chlorpyrifos Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.1 7.0% 0.012333333 57%
Spinach DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.036 0.5 7.2% 0.018632768 193%
Spinach DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.019 0.5 4% 0.018632768 102%
Spinach Iprodione Domestic Unknown 0.013 NT 0.013 100%
Spinach DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.022 0.5 4% 0.018632768 118%
Sweet Potatoes Piperonyl butoxide Domestic Unknown 0.2 EX 0.07355102 272%
NOTE: NT - No Tolerance; EX - Exempt
Appendix 2
Table 4
Appendix 2. Table 4 Pesticide Residues Found in 73 Organic Samples Tested in 2004 by the PDP
CROP - PESTICIDE DATA PAIRS (CPDP)
ORIGIN
COUNTRY
OR STATE
RESIDUE LEVEL
(ppm) - Dairy
Products (ppb)
EPA TOLERANCE
(ppm) - Dairy
Products (ppb)
RATIO of the
RESIDUE to
EPA
TOLERANCE
Sweet bell Pepper Chlorpyrifos Domestic Unknown 0.22 1 22%
Sweet bell Pepper Bifenthrin Domestic Unknown 0.096 0.5 19%
Sweet Potatoes Chlorpyrifos Import Brazil 0.007 0.05 14.0%
Sweet Potatoes Dieldrin Import Brazil 0.01 0.1 10.0%
Winter Squash Dieldrin Domestic Unknown 0.01 0.1 10.0%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.88 10 9%
Sweet Potatoes Piperonyl butoxide Domestic Unknown 0.017 0.3 5.7%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.52 10 5%
Sweet bell Pepper Permethrin, trans Domestic Unknown 0.026 1 3%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.23 10 2%
Sweet bell Pepper Permethrin, cis Domestic Unknown 0.023 1 2%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.21 10 2%
Grapes Imidacloprid Domestic Unknown 0.017 1 2%
Oranges Chlorpyrifos Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.5 1.4%
Sweet bell Pepper Oxamyl Domestic Unknown 0.033 3 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1%
Milk Diphenylamine (DPA) Domestic Unknown 0.1 10 1.0%
Oranges Imazalil Domestic Unknown 0.05 10 0.5%
Sweet bell Pepper Myclobutanil Domestic Unknown 0.005 1 1%
Sweet bell Pepper Methamidophos Domestic Unknown 0.002 1 0%
Oranges O-Phenylphenol Import Mexico 0.017 10 0.2%
Milk DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 2 1250 0%
Sweet bell Pepper Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) Domestic Unknown 0.0328 25 0%
Milk DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 1.5 1250 0%
Sweet Potatoes O-Phenylphenol Domestic Unknown 0.017 15 0.1%
Sweet Potatoes O-Phenylphenol Domestic Unknown 0.017 15 0.1%
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