UNSPSC 50434800: Dried organic mushrooms

The type of organic vegetable known as organic mushrooms that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434800 Dried organic mushrooms is a Class code that encompasses dried mushroom products for institutional food service, though recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code show minimal direct procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The solicitations in the recent-opportunities block span school nutrition programs, correctional facility food service, and child care meal programs, but only one—the Oregon Department of Corrections procurement for dried pinto and red beans (S2910000017140, ITB, bid due June 19, 2026)—names a dried commodity. The remaining opportunities solicit fresh produce, eggs, general grocery and cafeteria food products, and main-line food service distribution; none explicitly request dried mushrooms or mushroom-based products. State and local food service operations do source dried goods for institutional meal programs, but this code's recent activity does not demonstrate consistent procurement volume or breadth of issuing bodies.

The geographic footprint of recent activity spans Texas (City of Edinburg Child and Adult Care Food Program, RFP due August 4, 2026; Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products via Statewide Procurement Division, IFB due May 4, 2026), Oregon (Department of Corrections dried beans, ITB due June 19, 2026), Illinois (quarterly food orders, bid due June 26, 2026), Georgia (fresh produce, multiple school districts and state operations, bids due April-May 2026), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District grocery items, due April 29, 2026), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools master grocery K-12, IFB due April 27, 2026). School districts and state corrections agencies represent the dominant issuing bodies under codes in this product family, driven by volume meal service requirements; however, the mismatch between the code's dried-mushroom specification and actual recent procurement activity suggests either infrequent dried-mushroom sourcing or systematic mistagging of broader grocery and produce contracts. Firms evaluating this code should verify whether state and local nutrition programs actively bid dried mushrooms as standalone line items or as components of consolidated food-service awards before committing pursuit resources.