UNSPSC 50581700: Non GMO avocados

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO avocados. 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 50581700 Non GMO avocados (Class) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source provides no evidence of purchasing or solicitation under this code within the target scope. Opportunities tagged with UNSPSC 50581700 in the dataset instead reflect broad fresh produce and child nutrition procurement — particularly school nutrition programs and institutional food service — that span fruit and vegetable categories well beyond avocados alone, whether or not non-GMO certified. The code's narrow commodity designation (avocados specifically, non-GMO certified) does not align with the mixed, multi-line-item institutional produce solicitations that state and local procurement offices are issuing.

Recent state and local fresh-produce purchasing focuses on institutional food service through school districts and other public bodies procuring dozens or hundreds of produce line items monthly under umbrella contracts rather than single-commodity specifications. School nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida are actively issuing RFPs and IFBs for produce supply in 2026 — McAllen Independent School District (RFP 2026-1029, proposals due March 6, 2026), Austin Independent School District (RFP 26RFP034, due March 11, 2026), Northside Independent School District, San Antonio (RFP 2026-048, due May 7, 2026), Bulloch County School District (IFP due May 4, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026) — but none isolate avocados as a line item or require non-GMO certification as a purchasing criterion in published documents. If avocado supply is part of school nutrition procurement, it appears bundled into broader fresh-fruit categories evaluated alongside apples, bananas, citrus, and berries at commodity-level pricing. Vendors pursuing this code should verify whether state and local school districts and food service procurement offices actually specify avocados by name and non-GMO status in specification sheets before committing bid resources; the available evidence suggests the code is either misapplied by issuing bodies, rarely solicited, or overshadowed by higher-line-item-count bundled fresh-produce RFPs that dominate institutional food service contracting right now.