UNSPSC 50582907: Non GMO salad king chicory

The variety of Non GMO chicory known as Non GMO salad king chicory. 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 50582907 Non GMO salad king chicory is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned to its nominal scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations specifically for salad chicory or other leafy greens matching the code's product definition. Instead, the opportunities are tagged to this code but cover broad fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs—apples, bananas, bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, celery, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, and prepared salads across multiple states—which sit at higher taxonomic levels. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding of school nutrition produce buys to a narrower commodity code or that salad chicory itself is not being solicited as a discrete line item in state and local school food service under current market conditions.

School districts and county boards of education in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida are the primary issuing bodies in the recent block, with solicitations from Northside ISD (San Antonio), McAllen ISD (Texas), Austin ISD (Texas), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Schools (Georgia), Bulloch County Schools (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI Schools (Missouri), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Muscogee County Schools (Georgia), and Liberty County Schools (Georgia) posting RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs between February and May 2026 for fresh produce delivery to school sites. These procurements emphasize USDA compliance, HACCP certification, Buy American provisions, domestic sourcing preferences, and delivery schedules calibrated to school meal service windows (typically 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday). The code shows no recent activity from state agencies, county governments outside education, municipalities, or transit authorities. Geographic concentration is heavily weighted to Georgia and Texas, with outlier activity in Missouri and Florida; no opportunities appear in other states within the recent block.