UNSPSC 50403267: Terminator corn

The variety of corn known as terminator corn

UNSPSC 50403267 Terminator corn is a Commodity code that maps poorly to recent state and local procurement activity; the opportunities tagged under this code are actually soliciting fresh produce bundles, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, school nutrition produce programs, and institutional food service produce sourcing — not terminator corn or any single corn variety specifically. The few opportunities explicitly naming produce items (carrots, white potatoes, sweet potatoes) are TDCJ institutional food service bids and a single Texas statewide carrot procurement, but no recent solicitation targets terminator corn by name or specification. School districts and food service authorities dominate the issuing-body mix, with multiple Georgia school nutrition programs (Bulloch County, Bartow County, Dougherty County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Bryan County), Texas independent school districts (Austin, Northside, McAllen, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), TDCJ institutional food service, Head Start agencies, and municipal senior services divisions all sourcing fresh produce on an ongoing basis. The code shows broad geographic activity across Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri, with school nutrition programs and institutional food service driving the volume.

Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks RFB (due July 29, 2026) seeking approximately 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat produce from sources within 400 miles and Wisconsin, the Hillsborough County Public Schools Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program RFP (due March 11, 2026) supplying 18 elementary schools with specialty fruits and vegetables on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the TDCJ institutional food service carrot IFB (IW241979-A, due March 17, 2026) requesting 1,200 tons of carrots for canning. The code also encompasses broader institutional produce buys such as Bulloch County's local-produce IFP (due May 4, 2026) covering 24 items grown within 200 miles, the Douglas County School System GEC cooperative produce RFP covering 72 line items across 30 Georgia school districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million, and Austin ISD's fresh produce and beverages RFP (due March 11, 2026) requiring direct-supply commercial distributors. The mismatch between the code name (terminator corn) and actual procurement scope suggests the code is either mistagged in the source data or represents a legacy taxonomy entry rarely used in current state and local practice; procurement professionals should verify the correct UNSPSC code and scope before pursuing these opportunities.