UNSPSC 50435810: Dried organic red algae

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic red algae that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50435810 Dried organic red algae, a Commodity code, sees minimal relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect a significant mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual purchasing patterns: the opportunities in the dataset—including school nutrition programs, corrections facility meal services, fresh produce supply chains, and cafeteria food procurement—involve mainstream dried beans, fresh produce, eggs, and general grocery items rather than specialized dried algae products. State and local governments appear to use this code inconsistently or incorrectly when tagging food-supply solicitations that do not involve algae-based ingredients.

The geographic and issuing-body data from the recent opportunities shows activity concentrated among school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI School District and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Muscogee County School District in Georgia; Douglas County School System in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois, Georgia), and municipal bodies (City of Edinburg, Texas). However, none of these opportunities explicitly solicit dried organic red algae or algae-based food products. The representative solicitations—including Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Cafeteria Food Products (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' Beans, Dried Pinto and Red (ITB S2910000017140, due June 19, 2026)—show that state and local procurement under this code taxonomy entry is currently driven by conventional protein, grain, and produce sourcing rather than specialty or organic algae ingredients. This code warrants close monitoring for actual dried algae procurement, but current activity does not support material pursuit.