NIGP 77536: Meat Curing Salt

NIGP 77536 Meat Curing Salt, an Item code, covers salt products used in meat processing and preservation by state and local food service, correctional, and procurement operations. State and local governments purchase meat curing salt for use in institutional kitchens, correctional facilities, and food service operations where salt preservation remains a standard practice in meat handling and storage. The code captures both bulk salt delivery and specialty curing formulations when state and local buyers specify them in food-service and commissary contracts.

No recent state and local contract opportunities under this code appear in available records. The absence of posted solicitations suggests either limited recent procurement activity or consolidation of salt purchases under broader food-service or commodity contracts that do not break out curing salt as a line item. Buyers interested in this code should monitor correctional-facility food-service RFQs and school-district produce-and-protein agreements, which occasionally name salt specifications when issued as standalone line items or food-commodity supplements.