UNSPSC 21101915: Pig backfat tester

A measuring device for determining the weight of lean meat and the fat content in the back of pigs in order to establish a rating.

UNSPSC 21101915 Pig backfat tester, a Commodity code, describes specialized measurement instruments used to assess fat thickness in swine at slaughter or processing, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code is not evident. State and local governments do procure laboratory and field measurement equipment for agriculture departments, university extension services, and animal-health programs, but the specific instrument class — backfat testers — represents a narrow use case that does not appear in recent state or local solicitation records. Agriculture agencies and land-grant universities occasionally acquire live-animal ultrasound probes and carcass-grading instruments for swine evaluation and breeding programs, but those acquisitions typically fall under broader equipment categories or are embedded in larger animal-science laboratory procurements rather than solicited as standalone backfat testers.

The source contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to this code, no issuing-body activity, and no geographic concentration data. The code may see rare, sporadic demand from state departments of agriculture, university swine research programs, or cooperative extension services in agricultural states, but no posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB records are available to characterize current market activity or buyer behavior.