UNSPSC 50583502: Non GMO castelfranco endives

The variety of Non GMO endives known as Non GMO castelfranco endives. 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 50583502 Non GMO castelfranco endives is a Commodity code that describes a specialized produce item, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code do not reflect purchases of castelfranco endives specifically. Instead, the opportunities show broader food-service and produce procurement across parks, healthcare facilities, state agencies, and school districts. The actual work being solicited ranges from concession-level food-service operations at regional parks through fresh-produce supply agreements for healthcare coalitions to comprehensive school-lunch program provisioning encompassing hundreds of food items. Issuing bodies include county parks departments, school districts, state procurement offices, and healthcare coalitions—a mix spanning general-purpose local government and specialized public institutions. The code appears to be a catch-all tag for food commodity procurement rather than a precise classifier for a single endive variety.

Recent activity spans Georgia (state procurement and Early County Schools food bid), Florida (Collier County parks concessions), and Marion County produce procurement. The most concrete opportunities are Early County Board of Education's June 8, 2026 line-by-line food bid for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs covering 300+ food items and 60 non-food products across three schools (with firm pricing for 15 days post-award and allowance for six-month escalation indexed to USDA or CPI data); Collier County Board of County Commissioners' March 6, 2025 Invitation to Negotiate for food-service vendor operations at North Collier Regional Park and concessions facilities (three-year term with two one-year renewals, 10-point local-vendor preference, and $1 million general liability requirement); Marion Health Care Coalition's August 21, 2026 produce proposal request for 2026-2027 operations; and the State of Georgia's June 22, 2026 food supplies and kitchen products bid. The code shows no targeted demand for non-GMO castelfranco endives as a line item.