UNSPSC 50584715: Non GMO portobella mushrooms

The variety of Non GMO mushrooms known as Non GMO portobella mushrooms. 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 50584715 Non GMO portobella mushrooms is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not reflect procurement of portobella mushrooms or other specialty mushroom varieties. Instead, the opportunities consistently document fresh-produce supply for school nutrition programs — fruits, vegetables, and eggs delivered to elementary and secondary schools, often under federal child nutrition reimbursement frameworks. The code's nominal scope diverges substantially from actual buying activity in the sourced records.

School districts and county boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida dominate recent solicitations for fresh produce, with Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) each posting RFPs, RFQs, or IFBs between February and May 2026 for multi-month supply contracts beginning July 1, 2026. Georgia school districts appear most frequently in the dataset. Contracts typically run one fiscal year (July through June) with renewal options. Early County (due June 8, 2026), Northside NISD (due May 7, 2026), Hillsborough County (due March 11, 2026 — deadline already passed), Bulloch County (due May 4, 2026), Liberty County (due April 29, 2026), Muscogee County (due April 27, 2026), Savannah-Chatham (due April 23, 2026), Glynn County (due April 14, 2026), McAllen ISD (due March 6, 2026 — deadline passed), Austin ISD (due March 11, 2026 — deadline passed), and Douglas County through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026 — deadline passed) represent the current pipeline. State-level Georgia fresh-produce procurements also appear (two offerings in May and April 2026). Vendor evaluation emphasizes price, product quality and shelf-life, HACCP certification and food safety compliance, Buy American sourcing preferences, delivery reliability to school sites on specified schedules, and in several cases (McAllen, Austin) alignment with farm-to-school or local-sourcing objectives. No portobello mushroom specifications appear in any of the recent opportunities; the code assignment appears to be a classification error.