UNSPSC 50466107: Canned or jarred malabar spinach

The variety of spinach known as malabar spinach that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50466107 Canned or jarred malabar spinach, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within broader canned vegetable procurement. State and local governments purchase canned and jarred vegetables—including malabar spinach, tomatoes, and other shelf-stable produce—primarily to support school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and veterans' homes. Recent solicitations show the product appearing as a line item within larger, mixed food service contracts rather than as standalone specialty procurements; the code sits alongside hundreds of other canned goods, proteins, dairy products, and fresh produce items in school district RFPs, state health and human services IFBs, and correctional-facility food supply requests.

Issuing bodies include state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home), county school systems (Douglas County, Burke County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia; Ben Hill County in Georgia; Fairfax County in Virginia; Rockwood School District in Missouri), and state-level procurement divisions (Georgia, Texas). School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, supplemented by corrections and state-hospital food service contracts. Geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with sporadic multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 districts across Georgia. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (due July 11, 2026, covering food and consumables for state supported living centers statewide, historical value $1.5 million annually), the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026, for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million combined), and Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 (due April 27, 2026, for Master Grocery K-12 across 45 schools plus distribution kitchens). No opportunities in the recent block are tagged specifically to malabar spinach; the code appears to have minimal dedicated procurement activity in the current market and is purchased, if at all, as part of larger commodity-basket contracts where individual line-item visibility and volume are difficult to estimate.