UNSPSC 50392526: Organic maraschino cherry purees

The variety of organic cherries known as organic maraschino cherries which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50392526 Organic maraschino cherry purees is a Commodity code that sits at the narrowest level of the UNSPSC taxonomy, yet the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not reflect maraschino cherry purees—instead, they span a much broader range of food products and food service supply contracts. The code shows minimal relevance to its stated scope; recent opportunities include canned applesauce (Oregon Department of Corrections), dried fruit bars and apple crisps (Austin Independent School District), and comprehensive food and consumable products for institutional food service (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, school districts across Georgia and Missouri, and city procurement offices). State and local governments tag this code for general food procurement activity rather than specialty fruit purees, indicating either systematic miscoding or use of the code as a catch-all for food commodity purchases that do not fit narrower categories. The issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Corrections, Texas HHSC, Texas Comptroller, State of Illinois CPO, State of Georgia), county school districts (Muscogee, Hancock, Liberty, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas, Rockwood in St. Louis County, Austin ISD, Dallas ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools), city procurement offices (Bridgeport, Connecticut), and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving multiple Georgia districts). School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with repeated procurement patterns for fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared foods supporting meal service operations.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida), Texas (Houston, Austin, Dallas, El Paso areas via HHSC, TDCJ, and school districts), the Midwest (Missouri, Illinois), and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon). Recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce due July 31, 2026; Austin Independent School District RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products with a due date of July 13, 2026 and an estimated historical contract value of $1.5 million; Hancock County Board of Education IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce due June 26, 2026; and Bridgeport Board of Education BNB053266 for 115 commodities line items due June 26, 2026 with Buy American compliance required. School district procurements typically award on lowest responsive and responsible bid or best value, require firm fixed pricing for the contract period, mandate food safety certifications (HACCP, E-Verify, debarment verification), and specify delivery to multiple school sites with refrigeration and handling standards. The code shows steady demand across school nutrition programs and institutional food service at state-level agencies, though the disconnect between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity signals that pursuing this code requires attention to the underlying solicitation language rather than reliance on the code name alone.