UNSPSC 50417007: Organic arum

The type of organic vegetable known as organic arum

UNSPSC 50417007 Organic arum is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not align with its nominal scope — no opportunities reference organic arum or taro root specifically. The code shows minimal relevant procurement activity at the commodity tier. The most-recent-state-local-contract-opportunities block contains sixteen separate solicitations from state departments, school districts, and cooperative purchasing vehicles across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida, but all focus on institutional fresh-produce procurement for child nutrition programs, school lunch services, and general grocery supply — apples, bananas, vegetables, eggs, and prepared items delivered to schools and central nutrition facilities. None name organic arum as a line item or specify it as a procurement target. The mismatch between the commodity code definition and the actual content of recent opportunities suggests either a data-classification error in the source or that organic arum procurement, if it occurs at state and local level, is negligible and not surfacing in recent contract activity.

The solicitations tagged under this code reflect broad institutional fresh-produce spending dominated by school nutrition programs. Recent buyers include the State of Georgia (general food supplies and fresh produce IFBs), Early County Board of Education, Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia, procuring for 30 districts via GEC Buying Cooperative). Response dates ranged from late February through June 2026, with estimated annual spending reaching $4.4 million for the Douglas County cooperative produce-and-eggs procurement (Area One). Evaluation criteria consistently emphasize price, product quality and freshness, vendor experience with institutional food service, Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, liability insurance minimums ($500,000 to $2 million), and compliance with USDA food safety and school nutrition regulations. If organic arum or similar specialty produce is being procured at state and local level, the activity is not visible in this recent sample, and vendors should verify the correct UNSPSC classification before pursuing this code.