Chicken Gizzards: export from Canada to Southeast Asia

Gizzards are an offal line with steady Asian demand and a Canadian domestic market that barely absorbs them, which is the classic shape of an export opportunity worth taking seriously.

The specification that matters most is the cleaning standard: whether the lining is fully removed, how thoroughly, and what residual material is tolerated. This is where consignments are disputed, and it is worth agreeing in writing with a defined tolerance rather than an adjective.

Beyond that, buyers care about size grading and colour consistency, and about whether the product is sold loose or in retail-ready packs. Some markets want gizzards presented with hearts or livers as a mixed offal pack, which is a different product with its own labelling implications at the destination.

Frozen is the format, and the time between evisceration and freezing shows in the finished product more clearly than it does in muscle meat.

Offal approval for a destination is frequently separate from, and narrower than, approval for whole birds or cuts, so establishment eligibility for this specific line is the first thing to confirm rather than an assumption to carry over.