UNSPSC 50432712: Dried organic lathom self-blanching celery

The variety of organic celery known as organic lathom self-blanching celery that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50432712 Dried organic lathom self-blanching celery (Commodity) does not appear in state and local procurement activity supported by the recent-opportunities block. The solicitations recovered under this code span food procurement broadly — school nutrition programs, corrections departments, and child-care operators purchasing fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria staples, and grocery items — but none name dried celery, organic or otherwise, as a line item or scope element. The code's narrow specificity (a single dried vegetable variety with organic and blanching qualifications) does not align with the commodity groups actually being solicited.

State and local buying under the broader produce and food-supply categories does surface across multiple issuing bodies and geographies. School districts dominate the recent activity: Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Muscogee County (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia), and Douglas County (Georgia) have all posted IFBs and RFPs for grocery items, fresh produce, and food distribution within the past four months. The Oregon Department of Corrections and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have solicited dried beans and cafeteria products respectively. The City of Edinburg, Texas, and the State of Illinois have posted for CACFP meal supplies and quarterly food orders. Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Virginia, Missouri, Oregon, and Illinois. Representative solicitations include Fairfax County's Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) for direct delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens, the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (due March 20, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts at an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $5.5 million (due March 4, 2026). The code shows no recent activity specific to dried organic celery.