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Verifying important origin and sourcing data for agriculture, seafood, mining and resource sectors.

We take pride in being the top scientific origin verification service provider in Australia. Our verification solution is used worldwide to fight food fraud, offer assurance in reportable data and build trusted supply chains.

What is origin verification?

Trust your origin and sourcing data

Source Certain verifies product origin by testing physical samples to ensure they match the origin information provided in digital or physical documentation.

We are expert practitioners in trace element analysis (TEA) and stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA). We use our expertise in both methodologies to deliver a superior origin result compared to other providers.

Origin verification service
Case studies

Tasmanian Oyster Co. Oyster Origin Verification

Trace element analysis was used to analyse a large quantity of Pacific Oysters harvested from Tasmanian Oyster Co. bays to determine if the origin verification technology can distinguish between individual bays and, more specifically, leases within each bay.

Case studies

Infant formula manufacturing origin

In 2023, Source Certain developed a program to demonstrate the ability of trace element analysis to verify the origin and differentiate various brands and batches of commercially available infant formula.

Case studies

Protecting Australian Bravo™ apple brand

Source Certain commenced a pilot supply chain integrity program for WA Farm Direct (WFD), the licenced owner and original developer of boutique apple variety Bravo™ in 2021. The program has just been extended to cover all orchards across Australia.

Case studies

Australian wild prawn integrity

Australia’s wild prawn industry is continuing its work with Source Certain for another four years, taking another step toward guaranteeing the integrity of Australian wild prawns and strengthening the market’s security.

Expert team, expert results.

The expertise of our technical team allows us to provide services to a wide range of clients in both private and government sectors. We have clients in retail, food production, mining, government, law enforcement, aquaculture and agriculture.

Chemical profiling of naturally grown or manufactured material is one of the most robust methods available to enhance supply chain traceability for organic and inorganic products.

Rachel Scadding Chief Operations Officer Source Certain

We were pleasantly surprised with the data that Source Certain were able to provide. Not only were we able to see the difference between the regional locations of our oysters, but Source Certain were able to demonstrate that there we identifiable markers that were evident within bays that were only 500 metres apart. The team at Source Certain were informative and very easy to deal with.

Josh Poke Strategic Projects Manager Tasmanian Oyster co.

Source Certain can test the authenticity of Western Rock Lobster by verifying its origin to its Western Australian fishery. This process is a cheaper and faster alternative to DNA testing.

A key outcome includes the ability to verify the origin of crabs collected from bays only 2km apart.

A key outcome of this study includes a comprehensive database containing more than 2,200 up-to-date cocoa samples.

Rachel Scadding Chief Operations Officer Source Certain

The primary aim of this study was to establish a rapid, reliable and cost-effective screening test to verify the origin of coffee. Trace element analysis for origin verification can strengthen existing traceability and transparency measures that are currently in use within the coffee industry.

Rachel Scadding Chief Operations Officer Source Certain

The sampling analysis reports were fascinating for us and easy to follow. They were clearly able to identify and verify the provenance of cherries to the orchard of origin.

Tony Coad Manager, Marketing and Sales Reid Fruits

We want consumers to have the confidence that when they buy Australian Wild Prawns, that's what they are getting. Working with the Source Certain team and the provenance technology, gives consumers the ability to trust our provenance claims and can also track our Australian wild prawns back to the fisheries where they were caught.

Annie Jarrett Chair Australian Council Prawn Fisheries (ACPF)

King River Resources is very happy with Source Certain’s performance on our project. From the conception of the project through to the commissioning of the Laboratory Scale Pilot Plant, Source Certain have been collaborative and continued to not just deliver the work but continually provided valuable contribution to ensure a successful outcome.

Doug Flanagan Chief Executive Officer of KRR’s High Purity Metals Division King River Resources

The service we have had from Source Certain and MediScan has been excellent and any tech support questions we have needed assistance with have been dealt with promptly and efficiently.

Robin Day Founder Biotrace NZ

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