UNSPSC 50495706: Organic irish moss purees

The variety of organic sea vegetables known as organic irish moss which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50495706 Organic irish moss purees is a Commodity-tier code that state and local governments nominally buy for food production, thickening, and gelling applications. The recent opportunities tagged to this code, however, show little to no actual demand for irish moss purees. Instead, the state and local procurement activity associated with the code reflects broad consumable-food and food-service-supply procurement by institutional buyers — chiefly state departments of health and human services, county boards of commissioners, school districts, and state correctional agencies — who are sourcing shelf-stable proteins, vegetables, dairy, grains, condiments, kitchen supplies, and related items for facilities ranging from state supported living centers and hospitals to schools and correctional institutions. The scope of work being actually solicited spans hundreds of line items per opportunity, with vendors expected to meet USDA grades, maintain cold-chain compliance where required, and deliver within seven days to two weeks of order placement on F.O.B. Destination terms with freight prepaid.

The issuing bodies span Texas state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Comptroller of Public Accounts), Georgia (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, State of Georgia), Oregon (Department of Corrections), and Illinois (State of Illinois). Texas health and human services procurement appears especially active, with three separate IFBs posted between May and October 2026 for food and consumables serving state supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso, each covering 20–210 line items with historical contract values in the range of $1.5 million annually. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 (posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026) for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center, spanning 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies with delivery within seven days; and the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB S2910000017145 (posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026) for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better, delivered in eight truck loads to Salem with a prior purchase price of $13.75 per case. The code shows no evidence of procurement for organic irish moss purees specifically and appears to be a misclassification within the food commodity taxonomy.