UNSPSC 50585806: Non GMO grise de bagnolet shallots

The variety of Non GMO shallots known as Non GMO grise de bagnolet shallots. 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 50585806 Non GMO grise de bagnolet shallots is a Commodity code that nominally names a single produce variety, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code reveal a substantial mismatch: the opportunities posted under it are broad school nutrition produce procurements spanning dozens of fruit and vegetable line items, not shallot-specific contracts. School districts and boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida are soliciting fresh produce for child nutrition programs—apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, peppers, root vegetables, citrus, and eggs—typically through RFP, RFQ, or IFB notices with response dates between March and June 2026. The code shows no recent activity specifically targeting grise de bagnolet shallots or any narrow shallot commodity; rather, it appears to be functioning as a catch-all category for institutional fresh produce procurement more broadly.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and school nutrition programs—Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (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), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri). Georgia school districts appear most frequently in the recent opportunities block. Representative solicitations include Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (GEC Buying Cooperative, estimated $5.5 million spend across two geographic areas, due March 4, 2026), Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 (fresh produce for child nutrition, due May 7, 2026), and Bulloch County School District's IFP for locally sourced fresh produce within 200 miles (due May 4, 2026). The mismatch between the code name and the procurement activity suggests either taxonomic misclassification at the source or that this commodity code has been repurposed within state procurement systems to encompass institutional fresh-produce bundling rather than discrete specialty items.