Food Safety Action Plan Survey: Arsenic in Rice and Pears, 2009-2010

Data from the 2009-2010 Food Safety Action Plan Targeted Survey report on arsenic speciation in rice and pear products. The dataset was published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and is available in CSV format under the OGL-CA-2.0 license. Its last recorded update was on 2026-07-22.

Use Cases

• Assess arsenic levels in rice and pear products based on the survey's findings.
• Compare arsenic speciation results between different food product types mentioned in the description.
• Support regulatory compliance analysis for food safety standards based on the targeted survey data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a published government survey report by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
• The dataset has a specific temporal focus on the 2009-2010 period.
• It is available under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2009-2010 collection period.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Collection Method

Targeted survey as part of the Food Safety Action Plan.

Time Range

2009-2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 18:31:44.220726; freshness should be verified.