UNSPSC 50423011: Dried ruffles bok choy

The variety of chinese cabbage known as ruffles that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423011 Dried ruffles bok choy, a Commodity code, does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specific dried vegetable product, yet the recent opportunities posted under this code solicit dried beans (kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans), institutional food service supplies, and cafeteria products — none of which match the bok choy specification. The mismatch suggests either a data-entry or taxonomy-assignment error in the sourcing system; the code shows little relevant recent activity for the product it nominally describes.

The handful of opportunities tagged to this code span multiple issuing bodies — Georgia Correctional Industries, the City of Edinburg (Texas), the State of Oregon, the State of Illinois, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the State of Georgia, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — but they consistently solicit legumes and bulk institutional food supplies rather than dried bok choy or similar Asian leafy greens. Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Illinois, driven primarily by correctional and institutional food-service procurement. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans (bids due June 19, 2026), Georgia Correctional Industries' request for kidney beans in 880-bag increments (bids due October 9, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's invitation for bid on cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across multiple food categories (response due May 4, 2026). Buyers of dried vegetables and institutional staples should note the code's current misalignment and verify taxonomy assignment before pursuing opportunities ostensibly listed under this commodity.