UNSPSC 50461815: Canned or jarred castor beans

The variety of beans known as castor beans that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50461815 Canned or jarred castor beans is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it show no actual procurement of castor beans—neither canned nor jarred. Instead, the opportunities document food service and consumable procurement for state institutions, school districts, and county programs. The opportunities span canned tomatoes (Oregon Department of Corrections), canned vegetables and shelf-stable proteins (Gwinnett County, Georgia), prepared foods and food service supplies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and comprehensive cafeteria and institutional food products (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, school districts in Georgia and Texas, and Illinois). The issuing bodies are predominantly state departments (particularly Texas HHS and state corrections agencies), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), county governments (Gwinnett County), and special-purpose state institutions (state supported living centers). None of these solicitations reference castor beans or castor bean products of any kind.

The geographic activity centers on Texas (HHS multiple State Supported Living Centers, TDCJ), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, state facilities), and Oregon (Department of Corrections), with one Illinois procurement also visible. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHS IFB HHS0018082 (October 23, 2026 response date) for consumables at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, the Oregon Department of Corrections canned tomatoes IFB S2910000017145 (June 19, 2026 response date) for approximately 7,616 cases, the Gwinnett County informal written quote IWQ 140229 (October 19, 2026 response date) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products, and the Ben Hill County Schools IFB #26271 (June 15, 2026 response date) covering hundreds of food items across multiple categories. The code shows substantial recent activity in institutional and school food procurement, but the mismatch between the code's stated scope (castor beans) and actual solicitation content (general food service items) suggests the code may have been applied erroneously to these opportunities or that state procurement offices are using it as a catch-all for shelf-stable food commodities.