UNSPSC 50476864: Canned or jarred organic water chestnuts

The type of organic vegetable known as organic water chestnuts that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50476864 Canned or jarred organic water chestnuts is a Commodity code representing shelf-stable produce items that state and local governments procure as components of institutional food service contracts. Recent state and local opportunities show that this code's scope encompasses canned and jarred vegetables — including water chestnuts, tomatoes, and mixed canned vegetables — purchased by state agencies, counties, school districts, and correctional facilities to supply dining and food service operations. The issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions operating state supported living centers and hospitals, county boards of commissioners purchasing for senior services and community programs, school districts running child nutrition programs across multiple campuses, state departments of corrections, and state-level procurement offices acting on behalf of multiple agencies. Purchasing patterns reflect institutional volume buys with delivery to central distribution centers or multiple school sites, firm fixed pricing on a per-unit or per-case basis, and compliance with USDA grade standards and FDA labeling requirements.

Recent activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has solicited canned and jarred vegetables repeatedly — IFB HHS0017449 for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026) and IFB HHS0016792V2 for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (posted May 19, 2026, due March 19, 2026, with a contract value ceiling of $4.5 million over three years). The Oregon Department of Corrections issued IFB S2910000017145 for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026, with the previous purchase at $13.75 per case). Georgia school districts — Burke County Public Schools (posted May 11, 2026, due June 5, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools (posted May 19, 2026, due June 15, 2026) — included canned vegetables in comprehensive school nutrition food bids. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners solicited canned vegetables as part of a food items procurement for community services (IWQ 140229, posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026). The code shows no recent opportunities explicitly isolated to organic water chestnuts; the actual buying activity reflects broad institutional canned vegetable procurement where water chestnuts and other jarred produce compete as line items within larger consolidated food service contracts.