UNSPSC 50304311: Tanaka loquats

The variety of loquats known as tanaka loquats

UNSPSC 50304311 Tanaka loquats is a Commodity code that encompasses fresh specialty fruit procurement for institutional food service programs, though recent state and local solicitations show minimal activity specifically naming tanaka loquats—instead reflecting broader fresh produce and fruit purchasing across child nutrition, school meal, and senior services programs. State and local governments procuring under or near this code include school districts (elementary through high school), county school boards, city public schools, child care food program operators, senior services divisions, and specialized nutrition programs. The issuing bodies span multiple states, with school nutrition programs and child nutrition service departments as the dominant buyer category. Typical work involves sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables to meet USDA National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program requirements, often with domestic-sourcing preferences, nutritional compliance mandates, and weekly delivery schedules to multiple school or facility sites.

Recent solicitation activity is concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Oregon. The City of Edinburg, Texas issued RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026 (due August 4, 2026) for CACFP meal program food and nonfood supplies including fresh fruits and vegetables for approximately 400 children daily, with local-vendor preference applied under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.9051. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin) released RFB 4162 on July 8, 2026 (due July 29, 2026) for petite bananas in 150-count case packs with an estimated annual contract value of $78,000, and RFB 4163 for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Madison. Institutional buyers across the source documents emphasize Buy American compliance, HACCP certification, traceability documentation, product recall procedures, weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to multiple sites, and fixed or cost-plus pricing models. No solicitations explicitly named tanaka loquats as a line item; the code's current activity appears embedded within broader fresh fruit procurement rather than standalone specialty fruit contracting.