UNSPSC 50424818: Dried st george's mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as st george's mushrooms that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424818 Dried St George's Mushrooms is a Commodity code representing specialty dried fungi products that state and local governments procure as ingredient components within broader food service supply chains. The recent opportunities tagged to this code show minimal direct demand for dried St George's mushrooms as a standalone line item; instead, the code appears in procurement systems as part of larger grocery, food distribution, and school nutrition solicitations where mushrooms would be one among hundreds of food categories. State and local food service operations—school districts, correctional facilities, and child nutrition programs—source dried mushrooms through master grocery contracts or food distribution agreements rather than as a dedicated commodity procurement. The issuing bodies pursuing food supply contracts span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Muscogee County School District), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Texas Comptroller, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and municipal child nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas).

Activity is concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia school districts, South Carolina school system) and in Texas, with secondary activity in Oregon, Illinois, Virginia, and Missouri. Recent representative opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) covering 76 minimum grocery line items for delivery to 45 schools plus distribution centers; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (due April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items across snacks, fruits, vegetables, breads, meats, and prepared entrees for a 19,000-student district; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Cafeteria Food Products procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21) covering approximately 382 line items for multiple warehouse locations across five geographic areas. None of these solicitations isolates dried St George's mushrooms as a line item or mentions them by name, indicating the code functions as a categorization mechanism within broader food sourcing rather than as a direct procurement signal for this specialty ingredient.