IGSO Standard 04
Location Verification
Every product must pass through verified locations to maintain authenticity and supply chain integrity.
What Is Location Verification?
In the IGSO Ecosystem, the credibility of each supply chain node is essential. The Location Verification Standard ensures that every farm, warehouse, logistics hub, wholesale stall, and retail shop involved in a product's journey is real, certified, and operating under verified conditions.
Through Live Cert, IGSO creates a location-based certification network where authenticity is proven by verified entry and exit events â not manual reporting. True Cert Zones represent the highest level of location verification, with full RFID coverage, real-time monitoring, and consumer-facing credibility displays.
How Location Verification Works
Every Certified Location Installs Verification Points
Locations install IGSO-approved RFID gates or sensors at entry and exit points. The system automatically records when and where each product arrives or leaves. No manual input is allowed to avoid manipulation.
Locations Must Undergo Identity and Environment Verification
Before activation, IGSO verifies legal ownership, operating license (where required), storage type (cold room, warehouse, stall, retail shelf), and basic hygiene or storage requirements.
Products Passing Through Are Automatically Authenticated
When labeled products enter or exit the location, RFID gates detect the cartons, trace events are automatically recorded, and location ID + timestamp are permanently written to the product's journey. No human approval is needed.
Unverified Locations Break the Certification Chain
If a product appears at a location without passing an IGSO Verified Node, the journey becomes non-certified. Freshness or time-appreciation standards may no longer apply. Buyers can immediately see the break in the chain.
Outcomes
In one sentence
Only products that pass through verified IGSO locations maintain a certified, unbroken, and trusted journey from origin to market.