UNSPSC 51241228: Lactic acid

This classification denotes an industrial aid, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 33X04XA5AT. European Medicines Agency schedules Lactate in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB41225. Lactic acid generally arises in the molecular formula C3H6O3. The term 'lactic acid' is an FDA designation. As of Q4 2014, LACTIC ACID remains the US FDA Preferred Term for this commodity. Lactic acid bears US NLM identifiers UMLS ID C0064582 and NCI Concept Code C76926. SMILES: CC(C(=O)O)O.

UNSPSC 51241228 Lactic acid is a Commodity code that in recent state and local practice covers chemical treatment compounds for municipal infrastructure, not organic acids alone. The code shows minimal activity aligned with its nominal scope; the most recent opportunities posted under it involve liquid aluminum sulfate for wastewater phosphorus removal and medical aid supplies for fire rescue operations—neither of which are lactic acid. State and local governments soliciting under this code appear to be municipal water utilities and emergency services departments, though the recent sample is too small to characterize issuing-body patterns. The mismatch between the code's stated product and the actual procurements suggests either coding error in the sourcing system or a deliberate use of the code as a catch-all for specialty chemical acquisitions by local authorities.

Activity appears concentrated in Texas, with the City of Austin posting IFB 2200 CSH1061 for 179,200 gallons of liquid aluminum sulfate (47%–49% concentration) at Austin Water's wastewater treatment facility, with bids due August 25, 2026. The City of Tampa issued ITB 25-P-00157 for medical aid supplies in April 2025, a procurement now closed. Both opportunities carried local small-business set-asides and preference discounts. The sparse and divergent recent record suggests this code does not reliably capture state and local activity for its nominal product category and warrants verification against the issuing bodies' internal classification systems before pursuing opportunities.