Meat Species Substitution Summary Data

Meat Species Substitution Summary Data is an open dataset from Canadian Food Inspection Agency with 12 files (PDF, CSV, DOCX); catalogue record updated 2026-10-04. On CanQuery you can preview 4 live tables, filter, chart and export up to 10,000 rows as CSV and follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

​The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) conducts surveillance of raw, ready-to-eat (RTE) and heat-treated non-RTE meat products, to verify the accurate representation of the species declared on the product label and whether species substitution has occurred. Samples were tested using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with antibodies specific to each of the following species: porcine (pork), bovine (beef), poultry (chicken), caprine (goat), ovine (sheep) and equine (horse) to identify the species declared on the product label. Additional Information: CFIA's Food Fraud Annual Report 2024 to 2025 CFIA's Food Fraud Annual Report 2023 to 2024 CFIA's Food Fraud Annual Report 2022 to 2023 CFIA's Food Fraud Annual Report 2021 to 2022

Publisher

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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12

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-10-04