UNSPSC 50365900: Canned or jarred pomegranates

A thick-skinned several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange and has many seeds with pulpy crimson arils of tart flavor that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50365900 Canned or jarred pomegranates is a Class code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually buying under this taxonomy identifier. The recent opportunities posted under this code involve canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, eggs, and various food service commodities—categories that fall outside the pomegranate scope the code nominally describes. Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, for canned applesauce with bids due July 31, 2026, specifying 4,760 cases delivered to Salem and applying a combined 10 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office, and Texas Department of Health and Human Services each solicited food and consumable products during June 2026 under IFB and RFP notice types. The issuing-body mix includes state departments (corrections, health and human services, chief procurement offices), school districts at multiple levels (independent school districts in Austin and Dallas; county boards of education in Hancock County Georgia, Liberty County Georgia, Muscogee County Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Georgia, and Rockwood R-VI in Missouri; regional and cooperative purchasing through the GEC Buying Cooperative), and municipal procurement offices (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut).

State and local activity under this code concentrates in the South and Southwest, with substantial recent volume in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative solicitations span school nutrition programs (Hancock County Schools IFB for fresh produce with response date June 26, 2026; Austin Independent School District RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps with response date July 16, 2026; Rockwood R-VI School District competitive bids for grocery items and Net Off Invoice products with response date April 29, 2026), institutional food service (Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for applesauce, Texas HHSC IFB for supplemental food and consumables with maximum potential value of $4,500,000 and response deadline extended to February 23, 2026), and cooperative buying platforms serving multiple jurisdictions (Douglas County School System RFP through GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 school districts, estimated annual spending $4.4 million Area One and $1.1 million Area Two, with sealed proposals due March 4, 2026). The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity signals either miscoding in source systems or a taxonomy identifier that no longer aligns with current state and local food service purchasing patterns.