UNSPSC 50341516: Frozen crab apples

The variety of apples known as crab apples that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341516 Frozen crab apples, a Commodity code, does not match the recent state and local procurement activity recorded under it. The code nominally names a single agricultural product — frozen crab apples — yet the seventeen recent opportunities posted under or associated with this code span broad food-service procurement by state institutions, school districts, and county governments, covering hundreds of line items across proteins, produce, dairy, frozen goods, and consumable supplies for cafeterias, child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state hospitals. The mismatch between the code's name and the actual scope of solicitation activity suggests either systematic tagging error in the state and local procurement databases or a taxonomic boundary that does not align with real purchasing practice.

Across the recent opportunities, state and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (state institutional food service), school districts in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, and Florida (National School Lunch Program and Child Breakfast Program), a county correctional facility in California, Head Start programs in Texas, and independent special-purpose districts (Hillsborough County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County School System). The procurement spans institutional food service, school nutrition, and child-care food programs. Representative opportunities include the Texas HHSC's July 27, 2026 IFB HHS0017660 for approximately 110 line items of groceries for Big Spring State Hospital (historical spend baseline $32,226.36 annually); the Bridgeport Board of Education's June 30, 2026 IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program, with Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients; Head Start of Greater Dallas's June 24, 2026 IFB 26-GP for primary, secondary, and tertiary suppliers of approximately 32,409 cases of frozen foods, produce, and meat products meeting Child and Adult Care Food Program requirements (estimated value $969,460.94); the Hancock County Board of Education's June 26, 2026 IFB SN002-2027 for over 200 fresh produce line items including multiple apple varieties and specialty produce; and the County of Santa Clara's February 5, 2026 ITB-PRC-FY26-0617 for dried fruits and nuts to the Department of Correction. Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, California, Connecticut, Missouri, and Florida, with the largest institutional buyers in Texas (HHSC state hospitals and supported living centers) and school districts distributed across multiple states. This code shows substantial recent activity but reflects a fundamental disconnect between taxonomy and procurement reality.