PSC 8940: SPECIAL DIETARY FOODS AND FOOD SPECIALTY PREPARATIONS — Federal Procurement Code

89 - SUBSISTENCE L1: Clothing, Textiles & Subsistence S&E

Description

Special Dietary Foods and Food Specialty Preparations

Includes

Infant Foods; Potato Chips; Prepared Pie and Cake Fillings.

Suggested adjacent classifications

PSC codes describe what the government buys. These related classifications help connect procurement codes to industries, commodities, and trade workflows.

Related NAICS industries

7223

Special Food Services

333514

Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing

485991

Special Needs Transportation

3114

Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

60105601

Dietary guidelines or balanced diets educational resources

39112201

Atmospheric effect apparatus

Official data

Feature	Description
Official name	Product Service Codes (PSC)
Maintained by	U.S. federal acquisition community / GSA PSC Manual
Purpose	Classifies what the government buys: products and services
Primary use	Federal procurement reporting, contract categorization, spend analysis
Code type	Mixed/unspecified

When do you need PSC 8940?

1 Use PSC 8940 when identifying the product or service category on a U.S. federal contract.

2 Use it when filtering opportunities or spending data in SAM.gov, FPDS, or USASpending.

3 Use it when comparing a procurement category against related NAICS industries or UNSPSC commodities.

4 Use it when a contracting workflow needs the purchased item classification rather than the supplier industry code.