UNSPSC 50464816: Canned or jarred shiitake mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as shiitake mushrooms that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50464816 Canned or jarred shiitake mushrooms is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity under its specific scope, but recent state and local solicitations reveal that purchasing bodies regularly buy canned and jarred specialty mushrooms as line items within broader food service contracts rather than as standalone buys. The code represents a narrow product category that typically appears embedded in large food supply procurements serving institutional food service operations—school districts, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, and veterans' homes. Issuing bodies soliciting food products under codes in this family include state departments of corrections, health and human services commissions, school districts across multiple states, and facility nutrition programs. Most recent opportunities in the broader canned-goods and food-service space show state and local governments purchasing through large consolidated food service RFPs and IFBs that bundle hundreds of line items, with individual items like canned mushrooms specified alongside canned tomatoes, vegetables, proteins, and other staples rather than purchased separately.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in Texas (HHSC and TDCJ procurement), Georgia (multiple school districts and state procurement), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Illinois (Veterans Homes), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District), with food-service purchasing distributed broadly across school nutrition programs nationwide. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), covering NIGP food classes including canned goods under a demand-based annual contract structure; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016405 for tomato paste and S2910000016089 for canned tomatoes (closed February and March 2026), both specifying canned products with USDA Grade requirements; and multiple school district food procurement RFPs and IFBs from Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, and others seeking comprehensive canned and fresh food line items for child nutrition programs on July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract cycles. No solicitations name shiitake mushrooms specifically; the code activity is inferred from canned-goods procurement patterns where specialty mushrooms would qualify as allowable substitutes or equivalent items within broader food-service frameworks.