UNSPSC 51461506: Garlic

This classification denotes derivations of a natural product which US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier V1V998DC17 and which the Integrated Taxonomic Information System classifies under Taxonomic Serial Number 42652 as a member of Kingdom Plantae, Subkingdom Viridaeplantae, Infrakingdom Streptophyta, Division Tracheophyta, Subdivision Spermatophytina, Infradivision Angiospermae, Class Magnoliopsida, Superorder Lilianae, Order Aspargales, Family Amaryllidaceae, Genus Allium L., and Species Allium sativum L., more commonly known as GARLIC.

UNSPSC 51461506 Garlic, a Commodity code, names a produce item that state and local governments purchase for food service and institutional meal programs — primarily school districts, corrections departments, health and human services agencies, and municipal facilities. The code covers fresh garlic procurement in bulk quantities for kitchen operations, typically sourced through produce vendors, cooperative purchasing agreements, or general food-service contracts. State and local buyers use this code when issuing solicitations for produce supplies to support cafeteria operations, inmate feeding programs, senior nutrition initiatives, and emergency food distribution.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to UNSPSC 51461506 Garlic. Without posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB activity, no issuing bodies, geographic concentration, or representative solicitation details can be characterized from current procurement records.