A verification system comprising: a plurality of verification coupons (100, 120), each verification coupon (100, 120) including a substrate defining at least one verification area (102, 122) and having an electronically readable verification code (104, 124) printed within the verification area (102, 122), each verification coupon (100, 120) further including a soil overlay (116, 140) covering the verification code (104, 124), and wherein verification code (104, 124) is at least partially revealed by removal of all or part of the soil overlay (116, 140) during a cleaning process of an automated cleaning machine; and at least one processor (202, 230, 302) configured to: analyze, after completion of the cleaning process, an image of the verification area (102, 122) to decode a portion of the verification code (104, 124) revealed by removal of all or part of the soil overlay (116, 140) during the cleaning process; determine whether data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has passed a verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has failed the verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is not accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; and generate, for display on a user interface of a user computing device (200, 230), a notification (216, 218) indicating whether or not the cleaning process has been verified based on the analysis. a plurality of verification coupons (100, 120), each verification coupon (100, 120) including a substrate defining at least one verification area (102, 122) and having an electronically readable verification code (104, 124) printed within the verification area (102, 122), each verification coupon (100, 120) further including a soil overlay (116, 140) covering the verification code (104, 124), and wherein verification code (104, 124) is at least partially revealed by removal of all or part of the soil overlay (116, 140) during a cleaning process of an automated cleaning machine; and at least one processor (202, 230, 302) configured to: analyze, after completion of the cleaning process, an image of the verification area (102, 122) to decode a portion of the verification code (104, 124) revealed by removal of all or part of the soil overlay (116, 140) during the cleaning process; determine whether data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has passed a verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has failed the verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is not accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; and generate, for display on a user interface of a user computing device (200, 230), a notification (216, 218) indicating whether or not the cleaning process has been verified based on the analysis. analyze, after completion of the cleaning process, an image of the verification area (102, 122) to decode a portion of the verification code (104, 124) revealed by removal of all or part of the soil overlay (116, 140) during the cleaning process; determine whether data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has passed a verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; determine that the cleaning process has failed the verification procedure if it is determined that the data encoded in the verification code is not accurately read after completion of the cleaning process; and generate, for display on a user interface of a user computing device (200, 230), a notification (216, 218) indicating whether or not the cleaning process has been verified based on the analysis.