Downloadable files or graphical codes with encoded facial biometric data, for placement on or use with labels, to associate a labeled item with the biometric data; Downloadable computer programs, stored on a computer media, for generating face feature vector data derived from an image of a person's face and converting the face feature vector data to a graphical code for use on a label to associate a labeled item with a person; Downloadable mobile application for scanning labels containing an image or graphic, deriving facial biometric data from the image or graphic on the label, capturing an image of a person and generating facial biometric data from the captured image, and comparing facial biometric data derived from the label to facial biometric data generated from the image of the person to evaluate an association between a labeled item and the person; Downloadable software application for extracting biometric data from a scan or image of a graphical code on a label attached to an item, where the graphical code contains encoded biometric data derived from an image of a person, to evaluate an association between the labeled item and a person claiming the labeled item