UNSPSC 50302901: Asharasi dates

The variety of dates known as asharasi dates

UNSPSC 50302901 Asharasi dates, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally covers a specific date variety, but the recent opportunities dataset shows no solicitations for asharasi dates specifically. Instead, the recent state and local contracting activity under this UNSPSC code encompasses broader food service procurement that includes dates only as incidental line items within larger meal and nutrition program buys—child and adult care food programs, school nutrition, senior services, and correctional facility feeding operations.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, Bulloch County Schools in Georgia, Henry County Schools in Georgia, and others), city and county nutrition departments (City of Edinburg, Texas; Bridgeport, Connecticut; San Antonio, Texas), county boards of education across Georgia (Dougherty, Glynn, Hancock, Bryan, Liberty, DeSoto, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham), independent school districts in Texas (McAllen, Austin), regional school cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative spanning 30 Georgia districts), detention facilities (Santa Clara County Corrections), Head Start organizations, and state procurement offices (Georgia). These jurisdictions procure dates as one item among dozens of food products to meet federal nutrition standards for CACFP, USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, National School Lunch Program, and school breakfast programs. Geographic spread is concentrated in Georgia (reflected in at least a dozen recent solicitations), Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Oregon, and California, with the most active procurement clusters in Georgia school districts and Texas independent school districts. Recent representative opportunities include the City of Edinburg's CACFP meal program RFP (due August 4, 2026) covering beverages, paper goods, food products including fruits, and nonfood supplies for 400 children daily; Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items bid (due June 30, 2026) for over 1,100 line items across breakfast, fruits, vegetables, and condiments; and the GEC Buying Cooperative's fresh produce and eggs RFP (due March 4, 2026) covering 72 produce line items across 30 Georgia school districts. None of these solicitations isolates asharasi dates as a primary procurement focus; dates appear embedded in fruit categories or specialty produce lines where specific varieties are rarely named in advance.