UNSPSC 50355457: Frozen organic warden pears

The variety of organic pears known as organic warden pears that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355457 Frozen organic warden pears (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within school nutrition procurement, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct purchasing activity under this specific code. When school districts and education agencies do source frozen specialty produce, they typically embed such items within broader frozen food and fresh produce procurement categories. State and local buyers focus on commodity-level specifications including HACCP compliance, food-safety certification, nutritional labeling per the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products), and delivery to multiple school sites Monday through Friday within defined temperature and handling windows. Issuing bodies include school districts of varying sizes, county and city boards of education, and state agencies supporting child nutrition programs across the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. School nutrition departments manage these procurements centrally, often sourcing from multiple vendors on a line-item basis to balance cost, quality, and supply-chain redundancy.

Recent activity in overlapping frozen and fresh produce categories appears concentrated in Georgia and Missouri school districts. The Douglas County School System RFP for fresh produce and eggs (issued February 2026, closing March 4, 2026) spans 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with annual spending near $5.5 million combined, while the Rockwood R-VI School District near St. Louis (Missouri) grocery-items solicitation posted April 29, 2026, encompasses over 900 line items across frozen and fresh categories serving nearly 7,000 daily lunch and breakfast participants. The City Schools of Decatur (Georgia) issued an IFB for frozen foods and grocery items (due May 15, 2026) covering ten school sites, and Hancock County Schools (Georgia) solicited fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) across three locations. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases procured over 1,100 line items of grocery goods including frozen products for the Board of Education (due June 30, 2026). No recent solicitations explicitly name frozen organic warden pears or closely related specialty pear products, indicating this Commodity code likely attracts minimal standalone procurement activity and is typically absorbed within broader frozen-fruit or produce-family RFQs and IFBs.