UNSPSC 50426856: Dried taro

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

UNSPSC 50426856 Dried taro, a Commodity code, sees minimal direct recent activity in state and local procurement. The single opportunity explicitly referencing this code involves the Oregon Department of Corrections, which issued two separate solicitations for dried beans (pinto and red varieties) in March and June 2026, totaling approximately 170,000 pounds across both procurements—but these dried-bean opportunities do not align with the taro-specific scope of the code. The remaining recent opportunities posted under this code number span fresh produce, cafeteria food products, master grocery contracts, and child nutrition services across multiple states, reflecting a mismatch between the UNSPSC code designation and the actual commodities being solicited.

The geographic and jurisdictional activity shows state corrections departments, school districts, and municipal nutrition programs as the primary issuing bodies, concentrated in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) has posted the most directly measurable recent opportunities under the code's bean-related entries, with dried-pinto solicitations in March 2026 (127,500 pounds, due March 20) and June 2026 (42,500 pounds, due June 26). School districts dominate the broader procurement mix—including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County Schools (Georgia), and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia)—with contracts for master grocery, fresh produce, and nutrition services ranging from July 2026 through June 2027 performance periods. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division) issued a large IFB for cafeteria food products (May 4, 2026 response deadline) spanning 382 line items across multiple warehouse locations. The code shows no coherent procurement signal for dried taro specifically; vendors pursuing this commodity should track corrections and school-district nutrition RFPs and IFBs directly rather than rely on this code's recent activity as a reliable demand indicator.