July 2024 onward inspection data for licensed retail food establishments in Montgomery County. The dataset includes results from comprehensive and monitoring inspections, recording violations, temperatures, and facility details. It is published by Montgomery County's Licensure & Regulatory Services Program and updated daily.
Use Cases
- Predict 'Inspection results' based on 'Hot Holding Temperature (C)', 'Cold Holding Temperature (C)', and 'Business Type' using classification models.
- Analyze trends in 'Critical Violation' frequency over time using the 'Inspection Date' and violation columns marked with (C).
- Cluster establishments by risk profile using 'Business Subtype', inspection history, and violation counts to prioritize regulatory oversight.
- Forecast potential facility closures by modeling the relationship between repeated 'Critical Violation' flags and 'Inspection results'.
Strengths
- Daily update frequency ensures current operational data.
- Contains over 25 specific columns detailing inspection criteria and violations.
- Explicitly defines inspection types (comprehensive, monitoring) and risk priority levels (high, medium, low).
Limitations
- Spatial coverage is limited to Montgomery County, restricting broader geographic analysis.
- Sample data and total row count are unavailable, obscuring dataset scale.
- Critical fields like license or update history are not provided in the column list.
Provenance
- Source
- data.montgomerycountymd.gov
- Collection Method
- Inspections conducted by the county's Licensure & Regulatory Services Program for permitting, routine checks, and complaint responses.
- Time Range
- From July 2024 onward
- Freshness
- Daily
- Geography
- Montgomery County