UNSPSC 51171607: Psyllium hydrophilic muciloid

This classification denotes a natural product which US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier UD50RBY30F, which the Integrated Taxonomic Information System classifies under Taxonomic Serial Number 504438 as a member of Kingdom Plantae, Subkingdom Viridaeplantae, Infrakingdom Streptophyta, Division Tracheophyta, Subdivision Spermatophytina, Infradivision Angiospermae, Class Magnoliopsida, Superorder Asteranae, Order Lamiales, Family Plantaginaceae, Genus Plantago L. (Indianwheat, plantain), Species Plantago ovata Forssk., commonly known as DESERT INDIANWHEAT or as here, PSYLLIUM.

UNSPSC 51171607 Psyllium hydrophilic muciloid is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the state and local opportunities currently posted under it. The recent solicitations tagged with this code—an offender drug testing RFP, a pharmacy benefit program RFI, and a multistate cooperative pharmaceutical purchasing agreement—concern drug testing services, direct-to-manufacturer prescription programs, and generic pharmaceutical distribution respectively. None involve psyllium hydrophilic muciloid or bulk pharmaceutical ingredients as standalone procurements. The code shows little relevant recent activity, and the opportunities appearing under it suggest either misclassification in state and local procurement systems or use of this code as a catch-all for pharmaceutical-adjacent services rather than the specific active pharmaceutical ingredient it nominally describes.

The issuing bodies include a Texas county criminal justice department (Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections), a state HHS commission (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and a multistate cooperative purchasing alliance administered by Minnesota. The geographic concentration spans Texas and Minnesota with Oregon participation in the cooperative vehicle. No opportunities in the dataset reflect actual procurement of psyllium hydrophilic muciloid as a finished pharmaceutical product or ingredient, limiting the ability to assess demand patterns, pricing trends, or buyer preferences under this code at the state and local level.