Federal obligations in all other miscellaneous food manufacturing (NAICS 311999)

A residual food-manufacturing code

NAICS 311999 is the catch-all inside food manufacturing. Mixes, extracts, and other foods that contracting officers will not put on a named 311 line can land here. The $3,465,956,184.56 total is that residual tag, not a grocery census. Named slaughter and canning codes stay separate.

A beef slaughter award tagged 311611 will not raise this residual row. A miscellaneous-food catalog order tagged 311999 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a USDA brand list and not an FEC employer string such as “food.”

135,312 awards: a thick residual file

One hundred thirty-five thousand three hundred twelve awards produced $3,465,956,184.56 in obligations. That action count resembles wholesale catalog codes more than sparse slaughter vehicles. Delivery orders can stack. The packet does not publish unique-vendor counts inside the 135,312 figure.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,465,956,184.56 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow performance. The industry page does not convert obligations into a cash calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. nutrition commodity grants and many school-meal assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 135,312 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded activity in this industry.

The label is a Census NAICS classification. It is not a branded-SKU census and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,465,956,184.56 and the 135,312-award count.

What the 311999 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a recipe failed, that a lot was recalled, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,465,956,184.56 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontractors may be missing if the prime coded 311999. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 311 food codes

Animal slaughtering except poultry (311611) and fruit and vegetable canning (311421) are separate pages. Adding them to $3,465,956,184.56 would mix named food classes with this residual. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 135,312-award count. For a recipient that also holds grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 311999 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Residual foods versus named slaughter and canning

A slaughter award tagged 311611 will not raise the 135,312-award count. A residual-food order tagged 311999 sits in $3,465,956,184.56 even if the same prime also holds a 311421 canning vehicle. SpendingVault does not merge those rows.

Searchers who want “all federal food manufacturing” must add named 311 lines and will still miss SNAP-style assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 311999 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called grocer. The $3,465,956,184.56 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cancel a catalog line will lower the running total without publishing a calorie statistic on this hub. Open award rows for product descriptions. Neighboring 311 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 311999.

A residual-food order tagged 311999 still sits in $3,465,956,184.56; a slaughter lot tagged 311611 does not. The 135,312 awards remain an action count, not a factory census. Keep 311421 canning on its own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 311999 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Nutrition assistance without NAICS stays outside this contract rollup. Do not add 311611 or 311421 into $3,465,956,184.56 without documenting a recode. The 135,312 awards stay an action file, not a brand roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 311999. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 311999?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,465,956,184.56 in obligations across 135,312 awards tagged all other miscellaneous food manufacturing. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include animal slaughtering?

Animal except poultry slaughtering is NAICS 311611. Those awards will not add to the $3,465,956,184.56 total unless tagged 311999. The 135,312 awards are the residual miscellaneous-food manufacturing contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 311611 is a recode you must document.

Why are there 135,312 awards?

The packet reports 135,312 awards and $3,465,956,184.56 in obligations. Residual food catalog contracting often uses many delivery orders. The file does not split unique vendors. A high action count is a characteristic of this NAICS tag, not a count of food plants. Outlays remain a different USAspending field.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,465,956,184.56 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 135,312 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.