UNSPSC 50474817: Canned or jarred organic shimeji mushrooms

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

UNSPSC 50474817 Canned or jarred organic shimeji mushrooms is a Commodity code that sits at the bottom of the taxonomy hierarchy, yet the recent state and local solicitations show little evidence of procurement specifically targeting organic shimeji mushrooms. Instead, the code appears in a broad set of food-service RFQs, RFPs, and IFBs issued by state health and human services agencies, county purchasing offices, and school districts seeking to fill hundreds of line items across fresh, frozen, canned, and dry food categories for institutional cafeterias, nutrition programs, and state facilities. The actual scope of work is facility food service procurement—canteen operations, school nutrition programs, correctional-facility dietary supply, and state hospital/supported living center kitchens—where canned mushrooms (if procured at all) represent one component of a much larger produce and protein portfolio. State and local buyers bundle commodity codes in these solicitations to capture diverse inventory needs through single contracts rather than procuring specialized items in isolation.

The issuing bodies span Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia county school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Oregon Department of Corrections, and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHS Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (response due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County's informal written quote for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (response due October 19, 2026), and Burke County Public Schools' food bid encompassing nearly 400 line items across multiple categories (response due June 5, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with procurement activity year-round tied to fiscal-year food service contracts and quarterly supply cycles. The code shows minimal standalone activity for organic shimeji mushrooms specifically; buyers in this tier typically issue commodity-level tags on broad institutional food solicitations without targeting individual mushroom varieties or organic certification. Competitors in this space should monitor large-scale food service RFQs and IFBs from state agencies and school districts rather than expect solicitations narrowly focused on this single organic product line.