UNSPSC 50425528: Dried pasilla peppers

The variety of peppers known as pasilla peppers that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425528 Dried pasilla peppers is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity under this specific product line. The single recent solicitation closely tied to this code—the Oregon Department of Corrections' procurement for dried pinto and red beans (ITB S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026)—involves a similar dried-bean commodity rather than pasilla peppers specifically. State and local governments purchasing under this code typically buy specialty dried chile peppers for institutional food service operations, including correctional facilities, school districts, and public nutrition programs, where dried peppers support ethnic cuisine menus, complement meal programs, or fulfill specific dietary or cultural requirements. The Oregon ODOC solicitation signals demand in the corrections sector for bulk dried legumes and comparable dried-goods procurement, with triple-cleaned products meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grades, minimum one-year shelf life, and pallet delivery to central distribution centers as standard requirements.

The geographic distribution of recent activity centers on the Pacific Northwest (Oregon) and shows broader school-district procurement across Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia for fresh and dried food commodities, though none of those recent school or district solicitations specifically named pasilla peppers as a line item. The Oregon ODOC procurement for dried beans (approximately 42,500 pounds per delivery, FOB destination Salem, within 45 days of order receipt, at a historical rate of $0.493 per pound in August 2025) provides the closest operational precedent for dried-commodity supply into institutional systems. The code itself appears lightly trafficked relative to broader dried-goods and fresh-produce procurement—the source shows no recent RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs from state departments, counties, municipalities, or school districts explicitly calling for dried pasilla peppers by name. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor correctional-facility and large-scale institutional food-service solicitations in states with established dried-goods procurement programs, particularly those supporting Latin American or multicultural menu offerings.