UNSPSC 50424622: Dried russian red mustard lettuce

The variety of lettuce known as russian red mustard lettuce that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424622 Dried Russian Red Mustard Lettuce, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity captured in recent solicitations. The code's nominal scope—a single specialty produce item—bears no relationship to what school districts, state agencies, and corrections departments are actually buying under this classification. Recent opportunities consistently solicit broad food service procurement spanning proteins, grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy, beverages, condiments, and supplies for cafeteria and nutrition programs serving hundreds to thousands of meals daily, not individual lettuce products. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Muscogee County School District in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), state corrections and institutional agencies (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Human Services), cities (City of Edinburg, Texas), and multi-district cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts).

Recent procurement activity concentrates in the Southeast and South, with standout activity in Georgia (multiple school district and state RFPs), Texas (city nutrition programs and TDCJ solicitations), Oregon (ODOC dried goods), Missouri (school nutrition), and Virginia (regional school district master grocery contract). The most representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 27, 2026 response deadline) for delivery to 45 schools and distribution kitchens over July 2026–June 2027, the Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution serving approximately 32,000 daily meals across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately nine million dollars (February 18, 2026 response deadline), the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across multiple TDCJ warehouse locations with 382 line items spanning proteins, dairy, grains, and staples (May 4, 2026 response deadline following extension), and Rockwood R-VI School District's grocery items solicitation spanning over 900 line items for July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 service (April 29, 2026 response deadline). The code shows no relevant recent activity and appears to be a taxonomy misclassification.