UNSPSC 50426804: Dried arrow root

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

UNSPSC 50426804 Dried arrow root is a Commodity code with virtually no recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The six opportunities posted between May and October 2026 under this code all name dried beans and related institutional food products — kidney beans, black beans, pinto and red beans, and mixed cafeteria food supplies — rather than arrow root starch or flour. State and local procurement data shows a clear mismatch: the code is tagged to opportunities it does not semantically fit, signaling either a data-entry error in the source system or a deliberate use of the code to classify related dried legume commodities across the issuing bodies.

The issuing bodies span state correctional systems, state departments of agriculture, municipal school food programs, and statewide procurement divisions on behalf of state criminal justice agencies. Georgia Correctional Industries, the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division), the State of Illinois, the State of Oregon, and the City of Edinburg, Texas have all posted opportunities tagged to this code. Representative recent work includes Georgia Correctional Industries' RFQ for 880-bag increments of kidney beans due October 9, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 42,500 pounds of triple-cleaned pinto and red beans due June 19, 2026 at $0.493 per pound historical pricing; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items with a May 4, 2026 response deadline and two optional one-year renewal periods through August 31, 2029. Geographic activity concentrates in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon) and South (Georgia, Texas), with secondary Illinois activity. All opportunities require bulk institutional deliveries, USDA compliance, and detailed food-safety certifications; none reference arrow root as a procured item.