UNSPSC 50585900: Non GMO sorrels

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO sorrels. 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 50585900 Non GMO sorrels (Class) does not reflect meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single commodity—non-GMO sorrels—yet the most-recent-opportunities block contains seventeen school district and county education procurements (spanning Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Missouri) that solicit fresh produce broadly, not sorrels specifically. These solicitations uniformly request comprehensive line-item produce catalogs encompassing dozens of items—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, berries, citrus, potatoes, and eggs—delivered weekly or biweekly to school campuses and food-service locations supporting child nutrition programs under USDA reimbursable standards.

School districts and county education agencies dominate the issuing-body mix, with repeat buyers including Early County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education, and others across the Southeast and South-Central regions. Representative recent opportunities include Early County Schools (IFB for line-by-line food and non-food products, due June 8, 2026), Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce, due March 11, 2026, estimated budget $600,000), Northside Independent School District in San Antonio (RFP for fresh produce for child nutrition, due May 7, 2026), and Douglas County School System (RFP through GEC Buying Cooperative for produce and eggs across 30 districts, estimated spend $5.5 million, proposals due March 4, 2026). Procurement activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Florida and Missouri. The code's narrow commodity scope does not align with actual state and local purchasing behavior under this classification—sorrels appear nowhere in the recent solicitation record, and no vendor would pursue this code based on its stated name alone.