UNSPSC 50374100: Canned or jarred organic lemons

An acid fruit that is botanically a many-seeded pale yellow oblong berry and is produced by a small thorny tree (citrus limon) that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50374100 Canned or jarred organic lemons (Class) comprises canned and jarred preserved fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly matching the code's nominal scope; instead, the tagged opportunities span canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, eggs, and broader food-supply contracts for correctional facilities, schools, and health-care institutions. The code's abstract definition does not align with the work actually being solicited under it in state and local procurement records.

The issuing-body mix across recent opportunities includes state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice, State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office), school districts (Austin Independent School District, Dallas Independent School District, Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District), and municipal government (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Connecticut, and Illinois, with school-district procurement dominating the recent activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 (July 31, 2026 response date) for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce under ODOC's 10 percent Oregon goods and vendor-location preference; the Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 (July 16, 2026 response date) for dried fruit bars and apple crisps; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (March 4, 2026 response date) for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of approximately 5.5 million dollars. The code shows substantial mismatch between its nominal scope and the actual work being procured, signaling either miscoding in the source data or disuse of this specific commodity classification in current state and local procurement practice.