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Various embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatus for a universal certification process for food products. In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a hand-held device including a display and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation. The hand-held device includes at least one processor to determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; send the identification code to at least one remote server; receive, from the at least one remote server, agricultural certification information that is associated with the product, the certification information indicating compliance of the product with at least one of a plurality of different agricultural certifications, each from different certification authorities and each having different requirements; and display the certification information on the display in human readable form.
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