UNSPSC 50536301: Dried non GMO crimson red rhubarb

The variety of non GMO rhubarb known as non GMO crimson red rhubarb that has been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50536301 Dried non-GMO crimson red rhubarb (Commodity) is a specialty dried-produce line item that appears in state and local procurement activity primarily through school nutrition and institutional food-service contracts, where it serves as a component of larger multi-line-item grocery or produce solicitations rather than as a standalone purchase. Recent opportunities show the code tagged across school district nutrition programs, state institutional food service, and county senior meal operations, all of which solicit dozens to over 1,100 line items spanning multiple ingredient categories and processed foods. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), city education departments (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for institutional food service), and county commission boards providing congregate and home-delivered meal programs to seniors. The code's appearance in these procurements reflects compliance with federal nutrition standards (Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, National School Lunch Program, Adult Care Food Program) and Buy American domestic-content requirements, where applicable.

Activity centers on the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions. Hancock County, Georgia; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Pascagoula, Mississippi; and Hillsborough County, Florida all posted nutrition procurements between April and June 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited food and consumable products statewide for the El Paso State Supported Living Center on an IFB basis with a historical contract value of $1.5 million (September 2025–August 2026) and an initial term running September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with renewal options. Hancock County issued an IFB for fresh produce on June 10, 2026, due June 26 (contract period July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027), while the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited grocery items via electronic bid on June 30, 2026, for a July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 term. All recent solicitations require firm fixed pricing, prepaid freight, compliance with HACCP plans and food-safety certifications, minimum $1 million in product liability insurance, and adherence to Buy American content thresholds. The commodity itself does not appear as a line-item-level focus; rather, it is embedded within broader institutional food-service contracts where individual ingredients are itemized but demand signals remain aggregated at the issuing body level.