CattleProof’s “Verified” Becomes USDA’s First Blockchain-Based Process Verified Program

Decentralized cow verification service CattleProof’s “Verified” has become the United States Department of Agriculture’s first blockchain-based Process Verified Program.

The United States Department of Agriculture has approved CattleProof’s “Verified” service as its first blockchain-based Process Verified Program.

CattleProof, a Wyoming company, records individual cow-related information on a decentralized digital ledger. Its tech combines data from electronic identification tags attached to animals with updates about their condition, location and other attributes on an immutable blockchain record.

According to a company post, CattleProof is now the first US firm to get USDA approval as a Process Verified Program (PVP) for putting cows on the blockchain.

CattleProof announced its USDA PVP approval on LinkedIn. Source: CattleProof.

The USDA’s PVP service is for situations where an organization like CattleProof has to forge new regulatory territory in order to sell its products.

As the first firm to create a decentralized network for monitoring the status of cattle and seeking regulatory guidance, the PVP system allowed CattleProof to create and submit a set of voluntary standards for government review.

According to CattleProof, it is the only USDA-approved PVP that utilizes a digital ledger, also known as a blockchain. The company also claims to be the only service that offers “Born in the USA” certification for cattle, digital certificates containing hyperlinks to individual animal data, and the “only USDA PVP integrated with Heartland Payments to buy and sell USDA verified cattle direct.”

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The successful acceptance of CattleProof’s application indicates that it demonstrated compliance with existing regulatory standards in the sector and has implemented processes to ensure compliance as the blockchain and agriculture industries continue to intersect.

The USDA appears to be increasingly accepting blockchain as a foundational technology throughout the agricultural world.

As recently reported by Cointelegraph, the department proposed amending its rules on organic products to include the implementation of blockchain technology to trace supply chains.

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