Photograph the sample. Get the inspection sheet.
Peck counts every unit in a produce sample photo, marks the defects and grades the lot against USDA standards. Your inspector checks the sheet, and every inspection is saved as data you can report on by lot number.
- Units found
- 29
- Flagged
- 1
- Total defects
- 3.4%
From a typed PDF to data you can query
Most QC teams still count by hand and type notes into a form, and the result is a PDF that no report can read. Peck keeps the inspector and the sample, and replaces the typing.
An inspection today
- Count every unit in the sample by hand
- Type each defect into a form
- Save a PDF per lot
- Open the files one by one to find a lot
With Peck
- Photograph the sample
- The AI counts the units and tallies the defects
- The inspector checks the sheet and saves it
- Every inspection is a row, found by lot number
How it works
Built for receiving and QC teams at produce distributors, where every inbound lot is sampled before it is accepted.
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Photograph the sample
In the iPad or phone app, enter the lot number and photograph the sample. A photo of the lot label or the thermometer fills those fields for you.
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The AI fills in the sheet
Every unit is found and cropped, defects are tallied by type, and peppers, squash and zucchini get a USDA grade.
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The inspector signs off
Add or remove units, correct a defect, add samples and photos, then save. The PDF and the export come from what the inspector saved.
What Peck does
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The sheet your inspectors already know
Count, condition, quality and off-size defects, with averages, ranges and totals across up to ten samples per lot, plus temperature, weight, origin, brand and pallet condition.
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USDA grades, worked out the same way every time
Bell peppers, summer squash and zucchini are graded U.S. Fancy, No. 1, No. 2 or Cull from the USDA tolerances in 7 CFR Part 51. Commodities without tolerances say “Not graded” instead of guessing.
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Every unit, cropped
Open any unit in the photo to see it on its own. Reviewers can agree with the AI, change its call, or add a unit it missed.
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Alerts when a lot needs attention
An email goes out the moment an inspection is graded Cull or needs review, and each facility can get a daily summary.
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Quality across all your facilities
Dashboards show quality over time, accept and reject rates, grades by commodity and which defects are rising.
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Your lists, your facilities
Admins edit the dropdown lists on the sheet, such as brands and shippers, or import them from a spreadsheet. Each facility has its own inspectors, managers and alert emails.
Keyed by lot number
Every inspection starts with the lot reference number on your inbound report, so your BI tool can join the two without retyping. There’s nothing to install in your ERP.
- CSV exportOne row per inspection, filtered by facility, dates or commodity. Opens in Qlik, Power BI or Excel.
- PDF inspection sheetThe saved sheet, ready to send to a shipper or a customer.
- Email alertsSent to each facility’s alert list when a lot is graded Cull or needs review.
| lot_ref | commodity | inspected_at | usda_grade | needs_review | unit_count | total_defect_pct | defect_defect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20199 | bell_pepper | 2026-10-14 07:42 | US_Fancy | false | 29 | 0.0345 | 0.0345 |
| 20203 | zucchini | 2026-10-14 08:15 | US_No_1 | false | 48 | 0.0833 | 0.0833 |
Security
Answered by the team that builds Peck, from how it works today.
- How is my data encrypted?
- All traffic travels over HTTPS, and alert emails are sent over an encrypted connection. Nightly backups are encrypted where they are stored, and the AI service key entered in settings is encrypted before it is saved and is never shown again.
- How do people sign in, and is two-factor available?
- Everyone signs in with an email and password. Passwords are stored as a one-way hash, sessions end after 24 hours, and repeated failed attempts are slowed down. New users set their own password from a single-use invite link. Two-factor sign-in is not available today.
- What can each user role see and change?
- Inspectors see and edit their own inspections. Managers see, edit and reopen every inspection at the facilities they manage, and add inspectors there. Admins manage facilities, users and settings for the whole company. One person can hold a different role at each facility.
- Is there a log of who did what?
- Sign-ins, failed sign-ins, new inspections, analysis runs, edits to sheets and photos, and changes to users and facilities are recorded with who did it and when, in a log that is only ever added to. Admins and managers read it in Settings.
- How is my data backed up?
- The database is backed up every night to separate cloud storage and checked after upload, and inspection photos are copied alongside it. Restoring from a backup is a scripted procedure.
- How do I report a security issue?
- Email security@muchored.com.
Questions
Does the AI decide whether a lot is accepted?
No. The AI fills in the sheet; the inspector reviews it, corrects anything that’s wrong and saves it. The PDF, the export and the dashboards all use what the inspector saved.
Which produce does it work with?
The sheet covers 14 commodities: bell and hot peppers, summer, acorn, butternut and spaghetti squash, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, tomato, green beans, broccoli, cabbage and corn. USDA grades are worked out for bell peppers, summer squash and zucchini; we add more as their tolerances are added.
What do our inspectors need?
An iPad or phone with the app, or a browser, and one consistent place to photograph samples: even light, a fixed angle and a ruler in frame. We help you set that spot up, because consistent photos give consistent counts.
How accurate is it?
Every sheet is checked by an inspector before it’s saved, so a missed or wrong defect is corrected on the spot. Ask us for the current results on your commodities during the demo.
Do we have to connect it to our ERP?
No. Inspections export by lot number and join to your inbound report in your BI tool, so nothing has to change inside your ERP.
Can managers see every facility?
Managers see the facilities they manage. Admins see all of them, and the dashboards can be filtered to one facility at a time.
See Peck on your own samples.
Tell us which commodities you inspect, and we’ll walk you through a lot from photo to export.