UNSPSC 50434508: Dried organic tarahumara pinks lentils

The variety of organic lentils known as organic tarahumara pinks lentils that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434508 Dried organic tarahumara pinks lentils is a Commodity code that does not reflect the actual scope of work state and local governments are currently soliciting under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span broad food and food-service supply categories—child nutrition program meals, institutional cafeteria products, fresh produce, dried beans, and grocery staples for school districts and corrections departments—rather than the specific specialty legume the code nominates. State and local buyers including school districts, corrections agencies, and child nutrition programs are posting RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs for multi-category food procurement to support daily feeding operations across hundreds of students, inmates, and program participants, but none of the recent solicitations explicitly request or reference tarahumara pinks lentils or lentils of any type. The code appears to be a miscategorization or a legacy taxonomy artifact; opportunities tagged to it involve commodities such as dried pinto beans, fresh produce, cafeteria proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared entrees rather than the specialty organic legume product the code describes.

Geographic spread of recent activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia, with solicitations from the City of Edinburg and Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Texas, the State of Georgia purchasing office and Muscogee and Douglas County school districts in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas (due May 4, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for dried pinto beans (127,500 pounds, due March 20, 2026), the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services supporting 32,000 meals daily (due February 18, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 serving 52 school locations (due April 27, 2026). The code shows no current market relevance for the specialty product it nominates; business development teams should verify categorization and consider whether the actual commodity of interest—dried legumes for institutional feeding programs—aligns with broader UNSPSC family codes for commodity food supply rather than this specific Commodity designation.