UNSPSC 50536309: Dried non GMO macdonald rhubarb

The variety of non GMO rhubarb known as non GMO macdonald 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 50536309 Dried non GMO MacDonald rhubarb is a Commodity code that does not align with the state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The recent opportunities posted under this code span school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply — none of which specifically target dried rhubarb or rhubarb-based products. The City of Bridgeport's 1,100-line-item grocery bid for school breakfast and lunch includes vegetables and fruits but does not isolate rhubarb as a line item; Hancock County's fresh-produce solicitation emphasizes apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, melons, and citrus; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's facility food service covers consumables broadly under NIGP classes; Hillsborough County's senior meal service focuses on prepared meals rather than commodity ingredients; and Pascagoula-Gautier's summer meal boxes are packaged ready-to-eat products. The code shows little relevant recent activity for the specific product it nominally describes.

Geographic activity under this code includes Connecticut (Bridgeport), Georgia (Hancock County), Texas (El Paso), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and a statewide Georgia procurement. Issuing bodies are school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners, state health agencies, and independent school districts — the full range of institutional food service buyers. The mismatch between the code name (dried non-GMO MacDonald rhubarb) and the actual scope of recent solicitations suggests either a data-tagging error in the source or that dried rhubarb represents a minor line item within much larger grocery and food-service contracts. Businesses seeking procurement activity specifically for dried rhubarb products should monitor school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs directly rather than relying on this code for category-specific targeting.