UNSPSC 50404112: Lemon grass

The variety of herbs known as lemon grass

UNSPSC 50404112 Lemon grass, a Commodity code, represents a narrow slice of the fresh produce items that state and local governments purchase through food service and institutional supply contracts. In practice, lemon grass appears as a line item within broader food procurement solicitations—most commonly bundled with proteins, frozen vegetables, dairy, and shelf-stable groceries serving state hospitals, supported living centers, correctional facilities, senior services programs, and county departments. The code does not stand alone in recent solicitations; instead, it surfaces within multi-category food service RFQs and IFBs that treat fresh herbs and specialty produce as subordinate to larger protein and frozen-goods procurements. State procurement offices and departments of health and human services issue the majority of observed solicitations, with some county-level purchasing activity evident as well.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs for food service groceries to state supported living centers (Mexia and El Paso facilities) and statewide supplemental food and consumables between May and August 2026, with contract values ranging from $158,000 to $1.5 million annually and serving both HHSC and the Department of State Health Services. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division, solicited cafeteria food products covering 382 line items across five geographic warehouse distribution points (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026). The State of Georgia posted a general food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026), and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners issued an RFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items to the Department of Community Services (due October 19, 2026). The State of Illinois solicited quarterly weekly food orders for the July-September period (FY-27 IVHQ, due June 26, 2026). Lemon grass, when specified, typically appears as a single line item among dozens of produce and ingredient options rather than as a primary procurement focus; vendors pursuing food service supply contracts at the commodity level should treat the code as a minor component within larger institutional food service opportunities rather than as a standalone procurement driver.