UNSPSC 50362000: Canned or jarred blackberries

The usually black or dark purple juicy but seedy edible aggregate fruit of various brambles of the rose family that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50362000 Canned or jarred blackberries (Class) does not show material recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for canned or jarred blackberries; instead, it captures a wide range of food service and nutrition procurement—canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, eggs, main-line food distribution, and mixed grocery items—that fall under different UNSPSC codes. One representative solicitation, the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (posted July 10, 2026, due July 31, 2026), procures canned fruit applesauce in estimated volumes of 4,760 cases at a historical price of $21.84 per case, delivered to Salem, Oregon, with a 10% combined preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders. The mismatch between the code's specific commodity name and the actual state and local buying patterns across these opportunities suggests the code sees limited standalone procurement or the data reflects broader tagging practices that do not isolate canned blackberry demand.

Activity is distributed across state corrections and health agencies, school districts, and county school systems in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, and other jurisdictions, but none of the recent opportunities target canned or jarred blackberries as a line item or contract focus. School nutrition programs dominate the recent solicitations—Fairfax County Public Schools (IFB 2000004323, April 27, 2026), Dallas ISD (RFP JC250079, April 2, 2026), and multiple Georgia school districts conduct annual food procurement cycles that encompass fruits but are not blackberry-specific. The code appears to reflect either low-frequency demand, institutional consolidation into broader commodity or produce categories, or classification drift in how state and local procurement offices tag mixed food service opportunities. Firms pursuing this code should focus on correctional facilities, state hospitals, school nutrition programs, and health and human services operations in high-population states, but should recognize that competition for blackberry-specific contracts is not evident in recent public records.