UNSPSC 50434118: Dried organic perilla

The variety of organic herbs known as organic perilla that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434118 Dried organic perilla is a Commodity code that sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The code appears in the state and local database but does not match the work actually being solicited under it. Recent opportunities tagged to this code involve fresh produce, dried beans, grocery items for school nutrition programs, and institutional food service — none of which are dried organic perilla. The disconnect between the code's name and current procurement activity signals that this code is either misapplied in the issuing systems, rarely used for its intended purpose, or not actively procured by state and local agencies at this time.

State and local issuing bodies across multiple jurisdictions — including school districts in Missouri, Georgia, and Virginia; state departments in Illinois, Georgia, and Oregon; and county school systems — are actively procuring food and grocery items under codes that should map to dried organic perilla or closely related dried produce, but the opportunities are actually soliciting fresh produce (apples, bananas, vegetables), dried staple beans (pinto, red), eggs, beverages, and packaged grocery products for child nutrition programs, institutional food service, and corrections departments. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two solicitations for dried beans (127,500 pounds and 42,500 pounds of pinto and red beans) in March and June 2026, Fairfax County Public Schools solicited Master Grocery K-12 in April 2026, and the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items in March 2026 — all representing larger institutional food procurement in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon. Given that recent opportunities in the system are misaligned with the code's intended scope, procurement professionals evaluating dried organic perilla should not rely on this code's activity data to assess market demand or issuing-body behavior.