UNSPSC 50496819: Organic chrysanthemum green purees

The variety of organic vegetable known as organic chrysanthemum greens which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50496819 Organic chrysanthemum green purees (Commodity) does not align with state and local procurement activity reflected in the recent opportunities block. The code nominally describes a single specialty vegetable product, yet the 16 recent solicitations tagged to this code span broad institutional food service procurement — weekly food orders for veterans' homes, quarterly food supplies for state hospitals and supported living centers, school nutrition programs across multiple districts, and food service for correctional facilities. These opportunities uniformly solicit dozens or hundreds of line items across diverse food categories (proteins, dairy, produce, prepared entrees, condiments, consumables), not organic chrysanthemum green purees or any specialty puree product. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the expansive institutional food service work being bought suggests either systematic miscoding in the state and local procurement systems or that the UNSPSC taxonomy entry does not reflect the purchasing reality under this code number.

The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Illinois Veterans Home, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Education), county school systems (Douglas County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Burke County in Georgia; Ben Hill County in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia), independent school districts (Rockwood R-VI in Missouri; Fairfax County in Virginia), and special-purpose facilities (state supported living centers, state hospitals). Geographic concentration runs heaviest in Georgia (six opportunities) and Texas (three opportunities), with secondary activity in Oregon (two opportunities), Missouri (two opportunities), Virginia, and Illinois. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, prior historical value $1.5 million annually); Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for comprehensive school nutrition food products across four schools (due June 15, 2026, with quarterly escalation tied to USDA Agricultural Marketing Service or Consumer Price Index); and the Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution services supporting 32 schools and approximately 25,500 students (estimated annual expenditure approximately $9,000,000, due February 18, 2026). None of these opportunities specifically solicits organic chrysanthemum green purees.