UNSPSC 50307048: Casho

Fruit variety known as casho

UNSPSC 50307048 Casho, a Commodity code, covers fresh fruits and vegetables delivered to institutional food service operations—primarily correctional facilities, mental-health centers, schools, senior services, and child-care programs. State and local buyers source produce under this code to support meal programs serving daily populations ranging from school children to incarcerated individuals, with deliveries typically occurring multiple times per week to central warehouses or individual sites. Correctional departments, school districts, and child nutrition programs dominate recent solicitation activity, though county parks, health-care coalitions, and senior services divisions also procure under this code. Vendors must meet USDA quality standards, comply with food-safety regulations, maintain temperature-controlled delivery vehicles, carry liability insurance, and often provide HACCP plans and traceability documentation by farm of origin.

Texas and Georgia school districts represent the heaviest recent procurement activity under this code, with additional significant volume from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections and Department of Mental Health, and school nutrition programs in Wisconsin, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Georgia. The Texas TDCJ has issued multiple fresh fruit and vegetable solicitations since late September 2026—including supplies for Palestine (IW267376, due October 19, 2026), Snyder Food Warehouse (IW267420, due October 14, 2026), and Wynne Food Warehouse (IW267411, due October 14, 2026)—all managed through the TDCJ Procurement Portal. Georgia school districts have posted overlapping solicitations for the 2026-2027 school year: Hancock County Schools (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026), Dougherty County (due June 16, 2026), Bartow County (10-2026-019, due June 22, 2026), Bryan County (due May 27, 2026), and Early County (due June 8, 2026). Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin is bidding petite bananas (RFB 4162, estimated annual value $78,000) and fresh fruit-and-vegetable snacks (RFB 4163, USDA Fresh Program, contingent on grant approval) with bids due July 29, 2026. Illinois correctional and mental-health facilities (Joliet Treatment Center, Madden Mental Health Center) issued small-purchase procurements in August 2026 with local-vendor preferences and prevailing-wage compliance requirements.