UNSPSC 50371701: Canned or jarred organic apple bananas

The variety of organic bananas known as organic apple bananas that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50371701 Canned or jarred organic apple bananas (Commodity) does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code. The opportunities on record name applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and generic shelf-stable food commodities for schools, corrections facilities, senior services, state veterans homes, and state supported living centers—none of which are organic apple bananas or organic bananas of any kind. The code itself is highly specialized; the solicitations reflect broad food service procurement across multiple product lines where canned applesauce and dried fruit are line items among dozens or hundreds of other foods. A small number of opportunities do reference canned or jarred fruit specifically (Oregon Department of Corrections has issued two bids for canned applesauce in the past five months), but the category name does not match the work actually being bought. State and local food service buyers—school districts, county education boards, state corrections and health agencies, city nutrition centers—use catch-all commodity codes or broader food-family codes when they source groceries for institutional kitchens, not commodity-level codes for a single specific product.

Recent activity under this code shows little or no procurement matching the code's nominal scope. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs for canned applesauce (S2910000016975, due June 2, 2026, and S2910000017453, due July 31, 2026), representing the closest match, but these are applesauce, not organic apple bananas. Geographic activity spans Georgia (Gwinnett County Schools and Hancock County Schools fresh-produce and commodity buys), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy weekly food orders), Oregon (ODOC applesauce and broader food procurement), Texas (TDCJ cafeteria foods, HHSC supplemental food and consumables), Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education nutrition center), and Georgia statewide (state food supplies bid). The mismatch between the code definition and actual procurement suggests this code either sees minimal true activity or is incorrectly applied by issuing bodies to broader food commodity solicitations. Pursuit under this code is not supported by evidence of relevant recent demand.