UNSPSC 50426822: Dried dasheen

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

UNSPSC 50426822 Dried dasheen, a Commodity code, sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The single substantive opportunity actually issued under this code involves dried legumes—specifically dried pinto and red beans—rather than dasheen (taro), indicating a significant mismatch between the code assignment and the procurement work being conducted.

The Oregon Department of Corrections Purchasing/Contracts Division issued ITB S2910000017140 on June 5, 2026, requesting bids for approximately 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, triple-cleaned and meeting U.S. No. 2 or better grade standards, with bids due June 19, 2026. The remaining opportunities in the source—spanning the City of Edinburg Texas (CACFP meal program RFP), State of Illinois (weekly food order), State of Georgia (food supplies and fresh produce), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (cafeteria food products IFB), Fairfax County Public Schools (master grocery K-12 IFB), Rockwood R-VI School District Missouri (grocery items for child nutrition), multiple Georgia school districts (fresh produce and eggs), and Douglas County School System (food supply and distribution RFP)—all solicit broader grocery categories including fresh and frozen proteins, dairy, grains, produce, and supplies. None of these opportunities reference dasheen or taro root products specifically. The code's actual procurement activity appears confined to dried pulses through corrections foodservice, not the root vegetable the code nominally describes. State and local buyers using this code classification are primarily corrections departments, school districts, and child nutrition programs across Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon; absent additional market signals, pursuit under this code warrants caution given the apparent taxonomy misclassification.