APHA Laboratory Tests on Miscellaneous Species for Food and Environment Safety, 2015

APHA testing laboratories performed a series of tests on miscellaneous species samples in 2015 under food and environment safety contracts. The dataset lists the year, species class, species, test code, test description, and the number of tests performed. Attribution is provided to Crown Copyright and the Animal and Plant Health Agency for 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyzing test volume and focus areas for food safety surveillance based on the 'Number of tests' and 'Species' fields.
• Tracking laboratory activity and resource allocation for environmental health contracts based on the 'Test code' and 'Test description'.
• Studying the diversity of species tested for safety monitoring based on the 'Species class' and 'Species' categories.

Strengths

• Data is attributed to a specific authoritative agency (APHA) and year (2015).
• The description explicitly lists key fields including 'Number of tests', providing a clear volume metric.

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 paid for by food and environment safety surveillance and research contracts.

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Data covers the year 2015; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, given the source agency.