UNSPSC 50423802: Dried chinese garlic stems

The variety of garlic known as chinese garlic stems that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423802 Dried Chinese garlic stems is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to this specific product line. The recent opportunities tagged under this code span broad food service procurement — cafeteria supplies, school nutrition grocery items, fresh produce, dried beans, and meal programs — but none explicitly solicit dried Chinese garlic stems. The closest direct match is the Oregon Department of Corrections' solicitation for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026) and a prior ODOC solicitation for dried pinto beans (S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026), both specifying triple-cleaned U.S. No. 2 or better grade dried legumes for institutional food service. The remaining opportunities — including Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items (due April 29, 2026), the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP Meal Program (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Cafeteria Food Products (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) — procure general grocery categories including proteins, grains, produce, and dairy rather than specialty dried vegetable products.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County School System, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Muscogee County School District), state agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), municipalities (City of Edinburg, Texas), and cooperative purchasing vehicles (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with school nutrition programs and institutional food service as the dominant buying categories. The code shows activity but the specific commodity—dried Chinese garlic stems—does not appear in any of the recent solicitations reviewed, suggesting the tagging reflects a miscoding or that this product line sees demand through general grocery procurement channels rather than dedicated commodity-specific RFPs. Vendors pursuing this code should treat the broader institutional dried-goods and specialty-ingredient space as the actual market signal, not the narrow commodity definition.