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Virtually all fresh fruits and vegetables contain some very, very small traces of pesticide residues. However, most of the produce sold to the foodservice industry — some 50 to 80 percent — contains such small traces of pesticide residues that they can’t even be detected with the most commonly used scientific equipment.
