UNSPSC 50355901: Frozen organic foothill pomegranates

The variety of organic pomegranates known as organic foothill pomegranates that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50355901 Frozen organic foothill pomegranates is a Commodity code that captures a narrow product line within school nutrition procurement, though recent state and local solicitations show little activity specifically targeting this item. The code nominally describes a single frozen produce product, but the recent opportunities block contains no requests for frozen organic foothill pomegranates; instead, the tagged solicitations cover broad frozen and fresh produce categories, grocery staples, and food service distribution that span apples, berries, vegetables, dairy, meats, and prepared items across hundreds of line items. When state and local procurement offices buy under this code, they do so as part of larger school lunch and breakfast program contracts that bundle produce, proteins, grains, and prepared foods together, driven by USDA National School Lunch Program compliance, Buy American requirements (51 percent domestic content), whole-grain and nutrition standards, and delivery logistics to multiple school sites. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts—Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, and Douglas County School System—alongside state-level procurements by the State of Georgia, reflecting the dominance of K–12 child nutrition services in this commodity space.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (Hancock County, Early County, City of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), with additional activity in Connecticut (City of Bridgeport) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI). Representative recent solicitations include the Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items due June 30, 2026; the Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning apples, berries, and vegetables due June 26, 2026; and the Douglas County School System's February 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs across a 30-district cooperative buying group with an estimated annual spend of $5.5 million combined. All of these contracts run July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, require firm pricing with limited or no fuel surcharges, mandate HACCP plans and food recall accessibility, and enforce Buy American and nutrition standards. The code shows no recent, specific demand for frozen organic foothill pomegranates as a standalone item or as a named line item within school nutrition solicitations.