Fund the state's work in support of the pesticide data program (PDP)

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development $1.23 million in cooperative agreement funding on January 1, 2026, to support state-level work under the Pesticide Data Program (CFDA 10.163).

Michigan will collect food samples within the state—focusing on foods most frequently consumed by infants and children per the PDP project plan—and ship them to assigned laboratories on schedule. The state laboratory will perform chemical analyses on the assigned samples for pesticide residues, including parent compounds and metabolites. Results of the residue analysis, reviewed by the state quality assurance officer, will be sent to PDP as an electronic dataset. All work follows standard operating procedures available on the PDP website. The sampling operation delivers requested samples to laboratories; the laboratory delivers pesticide residue data to PDP.

The data serves the Environmental Protection Agency for dietary risk assessments, the Food and Drug Administration for regulatory enforcement of pesticide residue limits in food, the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service for potential trade negotiations, and American consumers assessing confidence in purchased food.

Performance occurs in Michigan from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. The obligated amount is $1.23 million.

The state will collect food samples in their state and ship the samples to the assigned laboratories per the established schedule. The foods, which focus on those most frequently consumed by infants and children, are specified in the current PDP project plan that is posted on the PDP website. The state laboratory will perform chemical analyses on the assigned samples for pesticide residues, including parent compounds and metabolites. The results of the residue analysis will be reviewed by the state quality assurance officer and sent to PDP as an electronic dataset. All work will be conducted according to standard operating procedures that are available on the PDP website. The deliverable of the sampling operation is to provide the requested samples to the laboratories, and the deliverable of the laboratory is to provide the pesticide residue data to PDP. The intended beneficiaries include the environmental protection agency, who uses the data to prepare dietary risk assessments for pesticides; the food and drug administration who uses the routine monitoring data from PDP to inform their regulatory enforcement of established limits of pesticide residues in food; the USDA foreign agricultural service who may use the data in trade negotiations; and american consumers who use the data to help ensure their confidence in the food they purchase for their families.