UNSPSC 42142510: Filter needles

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a hollow needle commonly used for rapid delivery or evacuation of liquids in a filtration based procedure in a medical setting. US FDA regulates these products under 21 CFR 880.5440 and under FDA product code CAK. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901832.

UNSPSC 42142510 Filter needles is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code bear no meaningful relationship to filter needles as medical or laboratory consumables. The Georgia World Congress Center Authority is soliciting upgrades to Calsense irrigation control systems; the Washington State Department of Transportation is requesting occupational medical surveillance services; the City of Pembroke Pines is quoting duplex control panels for irrigation; Fort Worth Housing Solutions is seeking irrigation services; Texas Health and Human Services is bidding medical supplies and equipment for a state supported living center; the City of Richardson is purchasing traveling sprinkler irrigation equipment; the City of Huntsville is procuring maintenance, repair, and operations supplies; Sourcewell is managing a cooperative procurement for law enforcement equipment; and Marion County, Florida is seeking Vidacare EZ-IO intraosseous infusion systems. None of these solicitations involve filter needles. The code shows no relevant recent activity.

The mismatch between the code's stated scope and the work actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding by the issuing bodies or a data-quality issue in how opportunities have been tagged to UNSPSC. Until recent opportunities correctly tagged to 42142510 appear in state and local procurement channels, this code should be treated as inactive for business development purposes. Vendors focused on filter needles—whether for syringe filters, aspiration devices, or injection applications—will not find representative market signals or winning patterns in the current opportunity stream.