OCAM cross-references retail organic products against the USDA Organic Integrity Database and delivers per-product federal verification documents with expiration dates, QR codes, and the actual NOP certificate on file.
Three out of four organic products fail to display the required certifying agent name — a direct violation of 7 CFR §205.303.
The Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule (March 2024) expanded retailer obligations for organic product traceability and documentation.
A single national retailer carries 2,000–10,000+ organic SKUs. Manual cross-referencing against the USDA database is impossible at scale.
Full product profile captured from retailer APIs — descriptions, images, UPC/GTIN, organic claims, and page screenshots. 10 OCR engines then extract certifier names and regulatory text from label images.
Extracted certifier name cross-referenced against all USDA-accredited certifying agents. Fuzzy matching handles abbreviations and variations.
Brand-to-operation crosswalk links the retail product to the certified operation in the USDA Organic Integrity Database.
NOP certificate retrieved and validated. Certification status, effective date, anniversary date, and scope all confirmed against federal records.
Each verification document links a retail product to its federal certificate through a four-stage auditable chain. When the NOP inspector asks for your organic compliance documentation, you hand them this.
Effective March 19, 2024, the SOE final rule expanded documentation and traceability requirements for every entity in the organic supply chain — including retailers. Operations must now maintain fraud prevention plans, certifiers must update the OID within 72 hours of any status change, and exempt retail operations must still maintain records verifying organic status.
OCAM exists because the regulation created an obligation that no one had the tools to meet at scale.
"Products handled by uncertified entities lose their organic status and cannot be sold, labeled, or otherwise represented as organic in the United States."
— USDA National Organic Program, SOE Final Rule FAQUSDA Certified Organic Producer with firsthand knowledge of NOP inspections, documentation requirements, and certification challenges. This system was built by someone who has been on both sides of the compliance table.
Dual RTX 5090 GPUs, 192GB RAM, proprietary Alpha2 verification methodology processing 70,000+ certificates. This is not a prototype.
Multiple USDA NRCS contracts successfully completed. NIH grant managed to federal standards. Understands compliance from both sides of the table.
verify.organic is pro-farmer, pro-retailer, and pro-certifier. We exist to help every participant in the organic supply chain meet the standards we have committed to — not to penalize honest actors for administrative gaps.
Our goal is a stronger, more trustworthy organic label — achieved through transparency and partnership.
The first retailer to verify every organic product against the USDA certificate doesn't just meet the standard — they set it. And once one retailer has it, every competitor has to explain why they don't.