UNSPSC 50426700: Dried yams

The type of vegetable known as yams that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426700 Dried yams is a Class code that covers dried yam products. However, the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code shows minimal relevance to dried yams specifically. The source records document only one solicitation directly aligned with the code — the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 procurement for approximately 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (ITB S-29100-00016233, response due March 20, 2026) — which concerns dried legumes, not yams. A second ODOC solicitation from June 2026 (ITB S2910000017140) procured approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, again outside the yam category. The remaining nine records in the activity block document solicitations for fresh produce, grocery items, cafeteria food products, and general food supply and distribution services from school districts, state departments of corrections, and child nutrition programs across Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Virginia, and Oregon; none explicitly target dried yams as a line item or contract focus.

The code shows little current state and local procurement activity for dried yams per se. School districts and corrections departments are the primary issuing bodies for food procurement in the recent records, but their solicitations emphasize fresh produce, commodity staples (dried beans, rice, pasta), canned goods, proteins, and dairy rather than dried yams. Geographic activity spans Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon, with corrections departments in Oregon and TDCJ in Texas appearing as repeat buyers for institutional food supplies. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement records suggests that dried yams either fall outside typical state and local institutional food purchasing or are procured under broader grocery and produce categories rather than as a discrete commodity line.