APHA Laboratory Tests on Miscellaneous Species for Food and Environment Safety in 2010

APHA testing laboratories performed tests on miscellaneous species samples in 2010, funded by food and environment safety surveillance and research contracts. The dataset lists the year, species class, species, test code, test description, and the number of tests performed. Crown Copyright for this data is held by APHA as of 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze testing volumes and focus areas for food safety surveillance based on the number of tests and species fields.
• Monitor trends in laboratory workload for environmental safety contracts based on the year and test description data.
• Identify common test types applied to miscellaneous animal species based on the test code and species class information.

Strengths

• Data is attributed to a specific government agency, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
• The description explicitly lists core fields including year, species, test code, and number of tests.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), United Kingdom.

Collection Method

Tests undertaken by APHA laboratories and recorded for surveillance contracts.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Data covers the year 2010; last update metadata is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, given the source agency, but not explicitly stated.