UNSPSC 50362907: Canned or jarred hilali dates

The variety of dates known as hilali dates that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50362907 Canned or jarred hilali dates is a Commodity code that maps poorly to state and local government purchasing activity. Recent solicitations tagged under this code show little relevance to the code's nominal scope; instead, they target canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, weekly food orders, fresh produce, eggs, and general food service commodities for institutional meal programs. The mismatch between the code name and the work actually being solicited suggests either classification drift in the source systems or that hilali dates themselves generate minimal procurement volume in state and local markets.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing food-service contracts—school districts, corrections departments, health and human services agencies, and regional buying cooperatives—dominate recent activity across this taxonomy space, but the opportunities recorded under 50362907 specifically do not center on the specialized dried-date products the code nominally describes. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, Rockwood R-VI, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Austin ISD, and Hancock County; state departments in Oregon (Department of Corrections), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice), Illinois (Chief Procurement Office), and Georgia; and specialized procurement vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative and regional school nutrition consortia all active in food procurement, but opportunities explicitly for canned or jarred dates do not surface in the recent block. Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (S2910000016975 due March 6, 2026, and S2910000017453 due July 31, 2026), and Texas HHSC posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumables spanning state hospitals and supported living centers. Geographic spread includes Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Missouri, Illinois, and other states where school nutrition and institutional food service contracting is routine, but the code itself shows no concentrated activity in any single jurisdiction or region.