PSC 8970: COMPOSITE FOOD PACKAGES — Federal Procurement Code

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

Description

Composite Food Packages

Includes

Ration Packs and Emergency Rations; CARE Packages.

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

11141

Food Crops Grown Under Cover

111419

Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover

311

Food Manufacturing

3111

Animal Food Manufacturing

Related UNSPSC categories

42151604

Composite placement tools

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 8970?

1 Use PSC 8970 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.