New York State Inactive Food Establishment Inspection Violations

New York State records of violations for food service establishments no longer in business, compiled by health.data.ny.gov. The dataset includes inspection details, violation types, and location data for inactive facilities, with monthly updates as of 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict establishment closure risk using features like TOTAL # CRITICAL VIOLATIONS, FOOD SERVICE TYPE, and INSPECTION TYPE.
• Analyze geographic patterns of violations using COUNTY, FACILITY CITY, LATITUDE, and LONGITUDE columns.
• Model temporal trends in inspection outcomes using DATE OF INSPECTION and PERMIT EXPIRATION DATE.
• Classify violation severity by linking CRITICAL VIOLATION and VIOLATION DESCRIPTION to TOTAL # CRIT. NOT CORRECTED.

Strengths

• Contains detailed violation data including VIOLATION ITEM and VIOLATION DESCRIPTION for each inspection.
• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (LATITUDE, LONGITUDE) for location-based analysis.
• Dataset is refreshed monthly, indicating a maintained data pipeline.

Limitations

• Dataset is labeled INACTIVE, containing only establishments no longer in business, which introduces survivorship bias for current risk analysis.
• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Temporal coverage start is 2005, but end date is unspecified, and data may be stale for recent trends.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Inspections conducted by Local Health Departments, with data aggregated by the New York State Department of Health.

Time Range

Beginning 2005; end date unspecified.

Freshness

Refreshed monthly; last updated 2026-04-01.

Geography

New York State, United States.