Canadian Food Safety Microbiological Monitoring Data 2015-2016

Canada's National Microbiological Monitoring Program data from 2015/2016 verifies industry compliance with microbial safety standards. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency collected and tested domestic and imported food product and environmental samples from importers, federally registered facilities, and retail locations. This dataset supports oversight of the national food supply.

Use Cases

• Analyze contamination rates for specific food product categories across domestic and imported sources.
• Model the relationship between sampling location (e.g., retail, importer) and test results for microbial standards.
• Identify temporal or geographic patterns in food safety compliance from environmental and product sample data.

Strengths

• Data collected by the national regulatory authority, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
• Covers a broad range of food products from multiple points in the supply chain (import, production, retail).

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single fiscal year (2015/2016), offering a narrow temporal snapshot.
• Specific row counts, column names, and sample sizes are not provided, limiting reproducibility assessment.
• Potential geographic bias as sampling focuses on facilities under federal jurisdiction for inter-provincial/export trade.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Collection Method

Samples collected at importers, federally registered facilities, and retail, then tested in CFIA laboratories.

Time Range

2015/2016 fiscal year.

Freshness

Data reflects the 2015/2016 period; last metadata update was 2026-04-08.

Geography

Canada, with coverage of imported food products.