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Description
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency conducts surveillance of raw, ready-to-eat, and heat-treated non-RTE meat products to verify label accuracy. Samples were tested using ELISA with antibodies specific to porcine, bovine, poultry, caprine, ovine, and equine species. The dataset likely contains results from this testing program, with links to annual Food Fraud reports from 2021 to 2024.
Use Cases
Analyze rates of species mislabeling based on product type and species tested.
Monitor trends in food fraud over time based on the linked annual reports.
Train models to predict non-compliance risk based on surveillance program features.
Strengths
Data originates from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, a national regulatory body.
Testing methodology (ELISA for six specific species) is explicitly described.
Links to three consecutive annual Food Fraud reports (2021-2024) are provided.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update is dated 2026-06-24.
Provenance
Source
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Collection Method
Surveillance testing of meat products using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Time Range
Reports linked cover 2021 to 2024.
Freshness
Last metadata update 2026-06-24; data covers reports from 2021 to 2024.
Geography
Canada
License is OGL-CA-2.0; data is available in CSV, DOCX, and PDF formats.