UNSPSC 50325502: Dried black sapote persimmon

The variety of persimmons known as black sapote persimmon that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50325502 Dried black sapote persimmon is a Commodity code that in practice covers fresh and processed produce procured by state and local school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and other institutional food services — a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing patterns. Recent solicitations under this code center on fresh produce for school lunch programs and institutional cafeterias rather than the dried black sapote persimmon the code name suggests. School districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut) and state corrections systems (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) dominate recent activity. Hancock County Schools' June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spans over 200 line items including apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, root vegetables, melons, and citrus fruits with delivery to three school sites over the 2026–27 fiscal year; the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 IFB covers 115 commodity line items across eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products for delivery to the Thomas E. Carroll Nutrition Center. Both solicitations enforce Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic ingredient content for processed products and mandate HACCP plans, E-Verify authorization, and comprehensive insurance coverage. TDCJ has posted multiple food commodity solicitations including a broad May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products (382 line items) and an April 2026 bid for dried prunes in 60–70 count size.

Activity clusters in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Connecticut. The Hancock County Schools (Georgia), State of Georgia statewide procurement, and TDCJ (Texas) have each posted fresh or processed food solicitations in May or June 2026, while Bridgeport (Connecticut) posted in June. The code shows no standout repeat buyers across the recent-opportunities block beyond school districts and state corrections departments. Geographic spread remains limited to three states in recent postings — no activity is evident in other major school-lunch-procuring regions. The code's nominal scope (dried black sapote persimmon) does not align with the institutional produce and food-service commodities actually being solicited, suggesting either upstream classification error or that procurement offices are using this code as a catch-all for diverse fresh and processed food items rather than narrow dried-fruit categories.