UNSPSC 50424118: Dried perilla

The variety of herbs known as perilla that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424118 Dried perilla, a Commodity code, covers specialty dried herbs and botanicals purchased by state and local government food service operations — primarily institutional cafeterias, state hospitals, supported living centers, and school districts that procure bulk foodstuffs for meal preparation. State and local purchasing under this code reflects routine acquisition of dried culinary ingredients alongside broader food and consumables contracts rather than standalone botanical procurement. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services agencies operating institutional facilities, state departments of criminal justice, and large school districts operating centralized food service operations. Recent solicitations show that dried perilla and similar specialty dried herbs appear as line items within broader food service RFPs and IFBs that span hundreds of line items covering proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and prepared foods in a single contract vehicle.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables to serve state hospitals and state supported living centers statewide (IFB HHS0016792 and HHS0017449, both issued in 2026 with response dates ranging from June to July); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Statewide Procurement Division solicited cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse regions (IFB 304T26300CF, response due May 4, 2026). The Douglas County School System in Georgia issued an RFP for main-line food service distribution (RFP 26-003, response due February 18, 2026) and a separate RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts across two Georgia regions (RFP SN 26-004, response due March 4, 2026). Illinois and Missouri school districts also issued routine food procurement RFPs: the State of Illinois solicited quarterly weekly food orders (RFP 27497DVAQUINCB52821, response due June 26, 2026), and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items for 2026-27 (RFP CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, response due April 29, 2026). Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia issued an IFB for Master Grocery K-12 to all school departments (IFB 2000004323, response due April 27, 2026). Dried perilla does not appear as a named commodity in any of these opportunity summaries; the code shows little demonstrable recent activity relevant to state and local procurement.