UNSPSC 50331590: Dried organic vistabella apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic vistabella apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331590 Dried organic vistabella apples (Commodity) represents a narrow product category within school nutrition and institutional food procurement, though recent state and local opportunities show that school districts and state agencies are soliciting fresh produce far more actively than the code's specific dried-apple designation suggests. The actual buying under this code occurs primarily through school nutrition RFPs and IFBs that bundle fresh and dried fruits into broad produce line items rather than isolating single apple varieties. Hancock County Schools (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items including multiple apple varieties (Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz) alongside berries, vegetables, and specialty fruits; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases requested commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center. State agencies and criminal-justice departments also procure food products under similar broad scopes—the State of Georgia issued an IFB for food, supplies, and other kitchen products, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicited cafeteria food products across 382 line items. Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content for processed products are standard across these solicitations, and many require HACCP plans, USDA grade compliance, and 24/7 recall accessibility.

Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state education agencies (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, City of Bridgeport serving its Board of Education) alongside state correctional and purchasing departments (State of Georgia, Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ). Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas with one Connecticut posting; all visible solicitations are IFBs with response dates in May through June 2026. However, the code itself (dried organic vistabella apples) shows no direct match to the scope of these opportunities—none of the posted solicitations explicitly request dried apples, organic certification, or the "vistabella" variety by name. Hancock County's fresh-produce RFB lists fresh apple varieties, and the broader food commodities solicitations do not isolate this code-level product. The mismatch suggests the code may be tagged to institutional food procurement records that do not reflect discrete buying of this specific dried-apple commodity in recent state and local activity.