On August 10, 2022, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the 2020 Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program report, summarizing the results of the program's monitoring of human and animal food products in 2020.
 
From October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, FDA tested 2078 human food samples (316 domestic samples and 1762 imported samples) for approximately 750 different pesticides and selected industrial compounds in its regulatory monitoring program. Agency staff collected domestic human food samples from 35 states and imported human food samples from 79 countries/economies. The results showed that the pesticide residue levels in the U.S. food supply determined by the FDA generally meet the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pesticide tolerances.
 
In 2020, the FDA found that 96.8 % of domestic and 88.4 % of imported human food met federal standards for pesticide tolerances set by the EPA. No pesticide residues were detected in 40.8 % of domestic samples and 48.4 % of imported samples. In human food commodities, the violation rate of imported samples is higher. The higher violation rate confirms the effectiveness of the sampling design in targeting imported goods that are more likely to contain the offending pesticide residues.
 
The FDA also analyzed insecticides in 102 animal food samples (40 domestic and 62 imported). The agency found that 100 percent of domestic and 96.8 percent of imported animal food samples met federal standards. No pesticide residues were detected in 30.0% of domestic animal food and 48.4% of imported animal food.
 
The results for 2020 were similar to past years. However, the COVID-19 outbreak affected FDA sample collection and analysis reported in 2020 in the following ways: approximately 50% fewer human food samples and approximately 70% fewer animal food samples were collected in 2020 compared to 2019; Relative to domestic samples, more imported samples were collected in 2020 than in previous years.