UNSPSC 50322804: Dried black currants

Dark purple or black berries, 5-6 mm across, bristly, with stalked glands that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322804 Dried black currants (Commodity) names a single food product line, but state and local government purchases under this code show minimal recent activity. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting dried black currants; instead, the opportunities present a much broader pattern of school districts, correctional facilities, and state agencies procuring food supplies spanning fresh produce, proteins, grains, dairy, and dried fruits across a wide spectrum of meal-service programs. When a Commodity code maps to such a narrow product definition—dried black currants specifically—and issuing bodies are soliciting for whole categories of food commodities through single RFPs or IFBs, the code's applicability becomes unclear. The one opportunity explicitly naming a dried fruit product (Santa Clara County's ITB for dried fruits and nuts) requested raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit mix, walnuts, and pecans with no mention of currants.

Activity under this code, if it exists, occurs sporadically and is overshadowed by broader food-service procurement across K–12 school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County, Hancock County), state corrections systems (Texas TDCJ, Georgia DCSD), and county facilities (Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department) predominantly in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Virginia, Connecticut, and California. These jurisdictions issue IFBs and RFPs for annual food contracts spanning hundreds of line items on fiscal-year cycles (typically July 1 through June 30) with response dates clustering between late February and late June 2026. Unless a school district or facility specifically calls for dried black currants as a line item within a larger grocery procurement, pursue this code only if you supply dried fruit specialties and can locate district-level nutrition directors actively sourcing currants for student or inmate meal programs; the recent record provides no active leads.