UNSPSC 50112008: Pork, processed without additions

Products from domesticated animals of the genus Sus that have been subject to one or more further manufacturing processes such as being cooked, dried, cured, ground, or reformed. Product additions such as an injected solution, marinade, sauce, seasoning, dry coating, stuffing, or filling are not present. Lead attributes: 1/ Refrigeration state 2/ Shape/Form 3/ Boneless Claim 4/ Source 5/ Level of Cooking 6/ Non-thermal Preservation 7/ Mechanical Processing 8/ Pork cut 9/ Quality level 10/ Organic 11/ Religious law suitability claim 12/ Pack type

UNSPSC 50112008 Pork, processed without additions is a Commodity code that captures institutional procurement of pork products for correctional facilities, schools, hospitals, and related state and local service providers. Recent solicitations show state and local governments buying processed pork items including ham, bologna, and pork ends and pieces—frozen, cooked, or ready-to-cook formats meeting USDA or facility-specific nutritional and quality standards. The code sits at the tail end of a broader procurement environment dominated by correctional industries purchasing: Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appear repeatedly across recent bids, alongside school districts and state health and human services agencies acquiring pork-based proteins for institutional food service. Correctional facilities typically specify all-inclusive, FOB-destination pricing with delivery in 40,000-pound increments, detailed nutrient restrictions (sodium, fat, water content ceilings), and mechanically separated pork exclusions. Most solicitations are ITBs or RFQs with short turnarounds—typically seven to fourteen days from posting to response due date—and all-electronic submission requirements through state procurement portals (GA@Work, Bonfire Hub, OregonBuys, Team Georgia Marketplace).

Georgia Correctional Industries dominates recent activity, posting at least four bologna and ham solicitations between late August and late September 2026, all requiring detailed specification-sheet compliance (no generic "comply" language permitted) and 40,000-pound delivery increments. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited boneless pork ends and pieces (approximately 40,000 pounds, approximately $0.49 per pound historical pricing, October 23, 2026 response date) with a 5% Oregon-goods preference plus 5% resident-bidder preference. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice posted multiple boneless beef steak solicitations in October 2026 that, while coded to beef rather than pork, signal the same facility-level purchasing pattern and portal architecture (Bonfire, electronic submission, tight response windows). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Oregon, and Texas, with secondary activity in Nevada (Youth Training Center quarterly meat solicitations) and scattered school-district purchasing across Texas. The recent opportunity block shows no pork-specific solicitations in the past sixty days other than the Oregon Department of Corrections pork ends and pieces bid (October 9 posting, October 23 response) and the pre-September pork loin bid from Oregon (September 8 posting, September 22 response); most recent postings under codes tagged to this commodity family are beef, poultry, or ham rather than pork cuts, suggesting moderate but uneven recent activity in this narrow commodity segment.