UNSPSC 50122132: Farm raised herring

In this classification this entry represents the species of fish known as Herring, that was farm raised and harvested as an adult, and is not presumed to have grown as an organic and Non GMO species.

UNSPSC 50122132 Farm raised herring is a Commodity code that in practice spans a narrow slice of state and local food procurement — specifically prepared fish products and protein components for institutional food service and correctional facilities, rather than raw herring itself. State and local governments buying under this code are chiefly school districts and correctional departments procuring finished food items such as fish sticks for cafeteria and prison kitchens. The issuing bodies are school boards and state correctional authorities, with occasional involvement of municipal food distribution programs that source prepared proteins for grocery retail operations in underserved communities. Work under the code involves line-item bids for frozen or prepared fish products meeting USDA nutritional and safety specifications, inclusion in comprehensive school nutrition RFQs and IFBs that bundle proteins alongside dairy, produce, and non-food supplies, and delivery commitments to multiple school locations or institutional sites within firm pricing windows.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia, where the Georgia Department of Administrative Services issued a fish-sticks solicitation (IFB 92100ERFQ0020702027, due October 12, 2026) for Georgia Correctional Industries requiring 40,000-pound delivery increments with all-inclusive pricing and strict specification-sheet compliance; the Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, and Richmond County Board of Education have all posted school-nutrition grocery RFQs and IFBs in 2026 that include fish and seafood line items within broader institutional food-service packages. Smaller geographic reach extends to Atlanta's Invest Atlanta, which in July 2026 issued a food-distributor RFP (PE66789NONST2027000000021, due August 6, 2026) seeking distributors with capacity to source Georgia-based food products and service multiple metro accounts, though that solicitation emphasizes local procurement and did not isolate herring or prepared fish products. The code shows limited standalone activity; most opportunities bundle fish products into larger institutional food buys rather than solicit them independently.