UNSPSC 51461538: Kava

This classification denotes a natural product which US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier BOW48C81XP, which the Integrated Taxonomic Information System classifies under Taxonomic Serial Number 18313 as a member of Kingdom Plantae, Subkingdom Viridaeplantae, Infrakingdom Streptophyta, Division Tracheophyta, Subdivision Spermatophytina, Infradivision Angiospermae, Class Magnoliopsida, Superorder Magnolianae, Order Piperales, Family Piperaceae, Genus Piper L. (pepper), Species Piper methysticum G. Forst. (kava), commonly known as KAVA.

Kava bears the USDA PLANTS Database Identifier PIME. European Medicines Agency schedules karaya gum in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Indices SUB14881MIG and SUB33469. Most nations schedule Kava under HS 12129990 and SITC 05489. SMILES:.

UNSPSC 51461538 Kava, a Commodity code, nominally covers botanical and herbal beverage products, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal relevant solicitation. The single recent opportunity posted under 51461538 is the Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (MMCAP) generic multi-source pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products RFP (S1070000015802, due March 26, 2026), which targets pharmaceutical manufacturers supplying drugs through established wholesalers with specific National Drug Codes and compliance certifications — work that falls outside the code's stated scope. The pharmaceutical solicitation does not reflect the botanicals, herbal products, or kava-related items the code nominally describes, suggesting either a coding mismatch in the state and local systems or a lack of active procurement demand under the kava classification.

The source provides no evidence of active state and local government buying for kava or related botanical beverages. MMCAP, administered by the Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of State Procurement and serving multiple states including Oregon, was the sole issuing body recorded in the recent-opportunities data, but its pharmaceutical focus does not align with the code's commodity definition. Without additional solicitations tied directly to kava or herbal beverage sourcing, the code shows insufficient current activity to guide business development decisions. Vendors targeting state and local buyers for botanicals, herbal products, or kava should verify the appropriate UNSPSC classification through direct engagement with procurement offices before responding to opportunities posted under this code.