UNSPSC 50347103: Frozen nero chokeberries

The variety of chokeberries known as nero chokeberries that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50347103 Frozen nero chokeberries (Commodity) does not align with recent state and local procurement activity under this code. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for frozen nero chokeberries or chokeberries of any kind; instead, the tagged opportunities reflect broad grocery procurement for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and correctional facilities. Frozen berries appear in several of these solicitations — the Oregon Department of Corrections sought approximately 40,000 pounds of unsweetened frozen fruit berries (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, Marion berries) in April 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited supplemental food and consumable products (including frozen specialty foods) for state hospitals and supported living centers across two opportunities in February and June 2026. However, these are generic frozen berry procurements tagged with food-service commodity codes, not specialized requests for nero chokeberries. The UNSPSC taxonomy mismatch suggests that this code either sees no recent activity specific to nero chokeberries, or state and local procurement offices are not using it to tag chokeberry purchases.

The broader pattern across the recent opportunities—school districts, state health agencies, counties, and correctional facilities all procuring food items through IFBs and RFPs with firm fixed pricing, HACCP compliance, insurance requirements, and federal Buy American or USDA-alignment mandates—does reflect active state and local food procurement. Texas HHSC, Georgia school districts (Henry County, Fulton County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Early County, Douglas County, Hancock County), Bridgeport Board of Education, Head Start of Greater Dallas, Rockwood School District (Missouri), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Fulton County Schools (Georgia), and Santa Clara County (California) issued overlapping solicitations between January and July 2026 for produce, frozen foods, dairy, proteins, and supplies. But no issuing body solicited nero chokeberries specifically, and no recent opportunity identifies this code as the active commodity driver. If your firm pursues frozen specialty berries for institutional food service, monitor the broader frozen-fruit and produce codes rather than this specialized chokeberry designation.