UNSPSC 50365419: Canned or jarred french butter pears

The variety of pears known as french butter pears that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50365419 Canned or jarred french butter pears (Commodity) covers shelf-stable pear products in canned or jarred form, though recent state and local solicitations show this specific commodity code receives minimal direct activity. The code is tagged to a very narrow product category—preserved pears in containers—yet most food procurement opportunities in the source span broad commodity baskets that include canned fruit alongside proteins, vegetables, dairy, and other staples rather than pears alone. When state and local governments do procure canned fruit products, they typically bundle them into larger food-service RFQs, RFPs, IBs, and ITBs that cover dozens or hundreds of line items across multiple food categories. The few opportunities explicitly naming canned fruit (such as the Oregon Department of Corrections applesauce solicitations and the Texas HHSC supplemental food procurements) demonstrate that corrections departments, state supported living centers, and institutional food services do buy shelf-stable fruit in volume, but dedicated pear-specific solicitations do not surface in recent postings.

Recent procurement activity under related broader food codes spans Georgia (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners fresh-produce and food-item purchases), Illinois (State of Illinois weekly food orders for the Veterans Home at Quincy), Oregon (Department of Corrections canned applesauce with 4,760 cases and 1,904 cases in separate ITBs issued May and July 2026), Texas (HHSC supplemental food and consumables, Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria products, and school nutrition procurements), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education commodities), and Georgia again (Hancock County Schools fresh produce and State of Georgia kitchen products). County school districts, state corrections and health agencies, and municipal boards of education account for the bulk of institutional food procurement. No recent opportunities explicitly solicit canned or jarred french butter pears as a line item or contract focus; vendors pursuing this code should expect competition primarily through food-service cooperative purchasing vehicles, standing state contracts for institutional providers, and occasional line-item inclusion in multi-category commodity RFQs rather than dedicated solicitations.