UNSPSC 50331804: Dried organic wintergreen barberries

The variety of organic barberries known as organic wintergreen barberries that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331804 Dried organic wintergreen barberries is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show little alignment with the code's nominal scope. The five recent solicitations span fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, cafeteria food products for criminal justice facilities, and dried prunes—none of which are dried organic wintergreen barberries. The issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state-level procurement offices (Georgia and Texas), and criminal justice departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice). School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with two of the five opportunities sourcing fresh and packaged foods for school meal service under Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed items and full domestic sourcing where practical. The code appears to function as a catch-all tag for commodity food procurement rather than as a specific identifier for the dried barberry product it nominally describes.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas. Hancock County Schools (Sparta, Georgia) posted an IFB in June 2026 for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items—apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, and specialty items—for delivery to three school sites with a firm price contract through June 30, 2027. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut posted an IFB in June 2026 for 115 line items of eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with a contract term through June 30, 2027 and optional extension for one additional year. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, issued an IFB for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products—proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, and canned goods—with delivery to six distribution points across Texas and a contract term through August 31, 2027 with two optional one-year renewals. A separate Texas TDCJ procurement (IFB No. IW236532) solicited whole pitted dried prunes in U.S. Grade B quality, with a minimum order of 1,400 boxes at the Corpus location and an amended due date of February 20, 2026. The code shows meaningful recent state and local activity but primarily in general commodity food sourcing rather than in dried organic wintergreen barberries specifically.