UNSPSC 50486807: Arum purees

The type of vegetable known as arum which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486807 Arum purees is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code's name suggests procurement of puréed arum root, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code reveal a fundamental mismatch: solicitations are actually for broad food and consumable products—proteins, dairy, produce, canned goods, and cafeteria supplies—rather than arum-specific items. None of the opportunities reference arum purees, arums, or taro-family root vegetables as a distinct line item or procurement focus. This disconnect suggests either miscoding at the point of entry or repurposing of the commodity code to capture general food sourcing that does not align with the code's intended scope.

The issuing bodies across these misaligned records span multiple jurisdiction types: school nutrition programs (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI and Burke County Public Schools in Missouri; Liberty County Board of Education and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia; Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments and agencies (Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy; Texas Health and Human Services Commission; Oregon Department of Corrections), and smaller county systems. Geographic spread includes Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Oregon, and Illinois. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with historical value of $1.5 million for the prior period); the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 for grocery product supply to 45 schools plus distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016089 for tomato paste, approximately 1,904 cases (due March 9, 2026). Because the code shows no recent opportunities actually procuring arum purees, this category merits close attention to verify correct coding before pursuing opportunities under this code number.