UNSPSC 50302909: Khalas dates

The variety of dates known as khalas dates

UNSPSC 50302909 Khalas dates (Commodity tier) sees minimal recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a single dried-fruit commodity, but only one recent opportunity recorded under it — the City of Edinburg, Texas RFP for CACFP meal program support — actually calls for khalas dates; the remainder of the posting inventory comprises school nutrition and institutional food service procurement that spans fresh produce, eggs, dried fruits and nuts more broadly, beverages, and grocery staples, with khalas dates appearing in none of these. The Edinburg RFP (posted July 16, 2026, due August 4, 2026) does name khalas dates alongside other food products in a five-category supply scope that includes beverages, paper goods, fresh foods, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items for 400 children daily; however, khalas dates occupy no meaningful share of that multi-category bid and are not separately itemized or quantified.

Recent state and local opportunities tagged to the code show that school nutrition departments and child nutrition programs drive the bulk of volume—Bridgeport Board of Education, Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Dougherty County Board of Education, and others across Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Florida dominate the posting flow. These jurisdictions solicit comprehensive grocery and produce baskets, not specialty dried fruits. Geographic spread concentrates in Georgia and Texas school districts, with secondary activity in Florida, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Oregon. The code itself carries low signal for targeted business development; vendors pursuing school nutrition or institutional food service contracts would monitor family-level codes for fresh produce, frozen foods, and grocery staples rather than a single dried-fruit commodity with no clear institutional demand in the recent record.