UNSPSC 50335429: Dried organic merton pride pears

The variety of organic pears known as organic merton pride pears that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50335429 Dried organic merton pride pears, a Commodity code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity under the code. The single recent record tagged to this code — a Texas Department of Criminal Justice solicitation for whole, pitted, dried prunes in specific quality grades and packaging — falls outside the nominal product scope (merton pride pears are a specific fresh or dried pear variety, not prunes), indicating a tagging mismatch rather than active procurement demand for the named commodity.

The broader activity visible in the recent-opportunities block reflects sustained, high-volume procurement of fresh produce, dried and fresh fruits, eggs, and comprehensive grocery items across school districts, state agencies, and correctional systems nationwide. School nutrition programs dominate the mix — Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and multiple other districts issue annual or multi-year RFPs and IFBs for fresh produce, grocery items, and food service supply spanning hundreds of line items. State departments and agencies including the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and State of Georgia also procure large volumes of food products. Issuing bodies span state education departments, county school systems, city and county public bodies, and special-purpose food service authorities. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Louisiana as implied by USDA terminal market references) and extends to the Mid-Atlantic (Virginia), Midwest (Missouri), Southwest (Texas), and Far West (California). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce with response due June 26, 2026; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (response April 27, 2026); Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation (response April 29, 2026); Liberty County Board of Education's IFB for food products (response April 29, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative targeting 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million (response March 4, 2026). No recent procurement activity supports active demand for dried organic merton pride pears specifically under this code.