UNSPSC 50406010: Sante shallots

The variety of shallots known as sante shallots

UNSPSC 50406010 Sante shallots, a Commodity code, does not appear in state and local procurement activity over the past four months. The recent opportunities dataset contains no solicitations explicitly requesting sante shallots or similar specialty produce items by variety name. State and local food service procurement under the broader fresh produce category focuses on common vegetables—carrots, potatoes, onions, broccoli, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes—and fresh fruits at volume scales suited to institutional cafeterias, corrections facilities, senior services, and school meal programs. The code's narrow scope—a single produce variety—sits well below the granularity of actual state and local buying activity, which consolidates produce into broad commodity groups (fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, root vegetables) or by institutional buyer type rather than by botanical cultivar.

Issuing bodies conducting fresh produce procurement span state health and human services departments (Texas HHS, Illinois Department of Corrections and Mental Health, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county school systems (Bartow County, Dougherty County, Bryan County, Early County in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan in Wisconsin), city and county municipalities (San Antonio, Collier County), and child nutrition programs (Head Start of Greater Dallas). Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with secondary activity in Wisconsin and Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026, IFB format); the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's solicitation IW267411 for fresh fruits and vegetables to Wynne Food Warehouse in Huntsville (due October 14, 2026); and the Illinois Department of Corrections' RFQ for fresh produce delivery to Joliet Treatment Center (due September 3, 2026, with small-business set-aside). These opportunities specify produce broadly and in bulk quantities, with no mention of specific cultivars such as sante shallots.