Oils Authenticity Summary Data is collected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to verify the accurate representation of olive oils and other expensive oils. Samples are tested for authenticity, adulteration, substitution, or dilution by assessing sterol and fatty acid profiles using gas chromatography. The dataset is associated with annual food fraud reports from 2020 to 2024.
Use Cases
- Detecting adulteration in olive oil based on sterol profile data mentioned in the description
- Analyzing trends in food fraud for expensive oils based on annual testing results
- Training models to classify authentic vs. substituted oils based on fatty acid profiles
- Benchmarking analytical chemistry methods for food authenticity verification
Strengths
- Data is collected by the authoritative Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Testing methodology is specified as gas chromatography for sterol and fatty acid profiles
- Dataset is linked to multiple annual food fraud reports (2020-2024)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Collection Method
- Samples collected and tested for authenticity using gas chromatography
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-24 15:02:23.246914
- Geography
- Canada