UNSPSC 50435502: Dried organic arbol peppers

The variety of organic peppers known as organic arbol peppers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435502 Dried organic arbol peppers is a Commodity code that names a specific food ingredient, yet the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it span a much broader range of dried legumes and bulk institutional food products. State and local governments are procuring dried beans—kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans—for correctional facilities, child and adult care food programs, and other institutional meal services. The issuing bodies include state correctional departments (Georgia, Oregon, Illinois), state purchasing divisions coordinating multi-agency food supply (Georgia, Texas), and municipal programs serving vulnerable populations (City of Edinburg, Texas for CACFP). These buyers are seeking large-volume, bulk-packaged dried legumes with strict compliance to USDA grading standards, food safety certifications (FDA, USDA, HACCP, GMP), and detailed nutritional documentation. Deliveries must be palletized, shipped FOB destination to institutional distribution centers or program sites, and meet shelf-life and contamination thresholds; all-inclusive pricing with no separate freight or surcharge line items is standard.

The recent activity spans three states with the most concentrated recent posting: Oregon Department of Corrections (June 2026, approximately 42,500 pounds of pinto and red beans, due June 19, 2026, bids due with a 10% evaluation preference for Oregon-fabricated or headquartered suppliers), Georgia Correctional Industries (October 2026, kidney beans in 880-bag increments, RFQ due October 9, 2026), and Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (IFB 304T-26-300CF, May 2026, extended to May 4, 2026 response deadline, spanning 382 food line items across five geographic warehouse locations including legumes). City of Edinburg, Texas also posted a CACFP RFP in August 2026 (due August 4, 2026, with local-vendor preference under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051) requesting food products including dried legumes for approximately 400 children daily. The code shows a mismatch with its nominal commodity scope—arbol peppers do not appear in any recent posting—but does reflect active, recurring procurement of dried legumes for institutional food service across corrections, human services, and education at the state and local level.