UNSPSC 50112103: Organic pork, processed without additions

Products from domesticated animals of the genus Sus, these products have been grown, handled, and transported in a manner that qualifies them to be certified as organic.

UNSPSC 50112103 Organic pork, processed without additions is a Commodity code that describes pork products supplied to school nutrition programs, institutional food services, and supplemental nutrition initiatives. State and local governments procure processed pork items—including ground pork, sausage patties, sausage links, sliced ham, and whole cuts—primarily through school districts' nutrition services and state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities. The code sees activity primarily from independent school districts and county school boards seeking to fill protein requirements in lunch and breakfast programs, often within broader farm-to-school or local-sourcing initiatives that emphasize domestic products, organic certification, or products raised and processed within defined geographic radii (typically 200 miles or less from the purchasing jurisdiction). State health and human services agencies procure processed pork as part of larger supplemental food portfolios for state hospitals and supported living centers. Issuing bodies are concentrated among school districts—both independent and county-level—supplemented by state health departments and select municipal or regional food service authorities.

Recent procurement activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and Missouri. Garland Independent School District (Texas) issued RFP 274-27 on June 11, 2026, for farm-to-school products including local meats with a response deadline of July 23, 2026. Bulloch County School District (Georgia) issued an RFP on April 3, 2026, for locally raised and processed protein—including pork products such as breakfast sausage patties, ground sausage, sausage links, and sliced ham—with proposals due May 4, 2026, requiring products raised and processed within a 200-mile radius and emphasizing American Grassfed Certification and animal welfare standards compliance. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0016792 (updated February 26, 2026) for supplemental food and consumable products to state hospitals and supported living centers across Texas, encompassing 210 line items including processed meat products, with an extended bid deadline of February 23, 2026 and maximum contract value of $4.5 million over three years. Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) and Douglas County School System (Georgia) also solicited grocery and food supply contracts with protein components. Most school district procurements run from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with firm fixed pricing and allowance for midterm adjustments only when manufacturers increase prices by 5 percent or greater with supporting documentation.