UNSPSC 50324308: Dried mogi loquats

The variety of loquats known as mogi loquats that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50324308 Dried mogi loquats is a Commodity code covering fresh and specialty produce items procured by school districts and state agencies for nutrition and food-service operations. Recent state and local solicitations under this code reveal that state and local governments are buying a broad range of fresh produce—apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, root vegetables, melons, citrus fruits, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, and specialty items such as kiwis, mangos, and papayas—for school nutrition centers and institutional food service. The mix of issuing bodies reflects school-district dominance: independent school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia) and city boards of education (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) are the primary buyers, alongside state-level procurement on behalf of institutional agencies such as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Solicitations emphasize Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products, HACCP food-safety protocols, firm fixed pricing for contract periods extending through June 2027, and delivery to designated school or institutional nutrition centers with freight prepaid on standard pallets.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce (SY27) due June 26, 2026, spanning over 200 line items with delivery to three school locations through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities including fruit and vegetable products (IFB BNB053266, due June 26, 2026) for the Board of Education Nutrition Center, with contract term through June 30, 2027 and optional one-year extension. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB No. 304T-26-300CF on behalf of TDCJ for cafeteria food products (extended due date May 4, 2026) covering approximately 382 line items with deliveries to six TDCJ distribution points across Texas and contract term through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. A separate TDCJ procurement (Bid No. IW236532, posted April 23, 2026) specified whole pitted dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, suggesting that some activity under the code also covers dried-fruit commodity items; however, the mismatch between the code's name (dried mogi loquats) and the actual solicitations (fresh produce and unrelated dried prunes) indicates limited direct relevance to the specific commodity the code nominally describes.