Check quality of foods or supplies.

Check quality of foods or supplies. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Inspect completed work or finished products. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (17%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.003% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Examine trays to ensure that they contain required items. · Food Servers, Nonrestaurant · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock. · Cooks, Restaurant · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Verify that prepared food meets requirements for quality and quantity. · Cooks, Fast Food · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils. · Cooks, Restaurant · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Check the quantity and quality of received products. · Chefs and Head Cooks · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Check the quality of raw or cooked food products to ensure that standards are met. · Chefs and Head Cooks · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
• Cooks, Restaurant
• Cooks, Fast Food
• Chefs and Head Cooks

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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