UNSPSC 50583008: Non GMO kasumi bok choy

The variety of Non GMO chinese cabbage known as Non GMO kasumi bok choy. 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 50583008 Non GMO kasumi bok choy (Commodity) does not reflect the active procurement landscape. The source shows no recent state or local solicitations specifically requesting non-GMO kasumi bok choy or other named specialty vegetable varieties at the commodity level. Instead, the fifteen recent opportunities tagged under this code span broad fresh produce procurement for school nutrition and institutional food service across multiple states, encompassing dozens of produce line items per solicitation—apples, bananas, bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, leafy greens, tomatoes, eggs, and generic vegetable categories—rather than individual specialty crops. The code's narrow commodity scope does not align with what school districts and state agencies are actually buying, which is aggregated fresh produce supply contracts where produce items are bundled together and awarded on a line-item or vendor basis.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri). Georgia school districts appear most active. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Board of Education's RFP for line-item food and produce bids due June 8, 2026 (National School Lunch and Breakfast Program support); Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce due May 7, 2026 (85 schools, USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance, five-day-per-week delivery); Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce due March 11, 2026 ($600,000 estimated annual budget); and Douglas County School System's cooperative purchasing RFP SN 26-004 spanning 30 school districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spending. Activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, and Missouri, with response dates in March through June 2026. The code's commodity-level specificity does not support targeted business development in a market dominated by multi-item institutional produce contracts.