Abstract: Systems and methods for disseminating information pertaining to a reference material or certified reference material are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes the certified reference material and a package containing same, the package comprising a storage medium that stores an information product in a machine-readable format, the information product comprising either a pointer to certified analysis data or the certified analysis data itself. In one embodiment, the method comprises adding a quantity of a certified reference material to a package, incorporating, on the package, a storage medium for storing the information product, and encoding the information product in the storage medium.