UNSPSC 50423505: Dried easter egg eggplants

The variety of eggplants known as easter egg eggplants that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423505 Dried easter egg eggplants is a Commodity code that shows little relevant recent activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not align with the nominal scope — the solicitations retrieved instead cover kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and broad institutional food procurement covering proteins, grains, dairy, and produce for correctional facilities, school meal programs, and state agencies. The mismatch suggests that the code may be misapplied in state and local procurement systems or that the sourcing focus has shifted away from the product named in the taxonomy.

When relevant dried-bean procurement does appear in the recent activity, it serves institutional consumption at scale — correctional industries, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections, and child and adult care food programs — rather than specialty or culinary markets. Issuing bodies include state departments (Georgia Correctional Industries, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois IVHQ, Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ), and municipalities supporting federally funded meal programs (City of Edinburg, Texas). Geographic activity spans Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Georgia Correctional Industries RFQ for kidney beans due October 9, 2026, requiring 880-bag increments with all-inclusive delivery pricing, and the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. PST, with FOB destination delivery to Salem within 45 days and a historical price of $0.493 per pound as of August 2025. Business development professionals evaluating this code should verify whether their target customers are actually sourcing dried eggplants or whether activity has consolidated under related commodity codes for institutional dried beans and staple foods.