Data sources

Peel scores are Peel's own analysis. They are not issued, reviewed or endorsed by any government agency or organisation listed below. Limits shown are for information only and are not the official legal texts; always consult the official publications for legal purposes.

Scores

• Pesticide residue testing (United States). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Pesticide Data Program (PDP). Public domain. PDP is a monitoring program. USDA reports that residues it detects are generally below EPA tolerances.
• EU maximum residue levels. Source: EU Pesticides Database, European Commission (DG SANTE), https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database_en. © European Union. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: values were extracted, normalised to mg/kg, matched to other sources and used to compute Peel scores. The database "has no legal value"; the Official Journal of the European Union is authoritative.
• US tolerances. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tolerances, 40 CFR Part 180, via the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), https://www.ecfr.gov. The eCFR is not an official legal edition of the CFR.
• Canadian maximum residue limits. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada). Source: Health Canada, Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Pesticide Product Information Database.
• Hazard classification. Harmonised classification under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (CLP), Annex VI, © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu.
• Nutrition. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, [YEAR]. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0 1.0).

Identifying produce

• Produce codes. PLU codes are administered by the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS). Peel is not affiliated with IFPS.
• Packaged product barcodes. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central Branded Foods. Public domain (CC0 1.0).
• Open Food Facts. Contains data from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), available under the Open Database License (ODbL) (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/).

Open data: Peel's barcode matches

The barcode matches Peel derives from Open Food Facts are published under the same licence (ODbL 1.0), as a CSV file of each barcode and the produce item it maps to:

• off-barcode-matches.csv, updated with each weekly data release;
• README.txt, the licence notice.

Shown beside the score, never in it

• Food-safety recalls. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports, via openFDA (https://open.fda.gov). Peel is not affiliated with FDA.
• Seasons. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, SNAP-Ed Seasonal Produce Guide (national seasons).
• Farmers markets. Source: USDA National Farmers Market Directory (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA Local Food Directories), https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com. Listings are shown as published; Peel doesn't score farms or markets.
• Labor practices (where shown). Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods. Country-level findings, as the source words them.

Peel is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of these agencies or organisations.