UNSPSC 50586303: Non GMO black plum tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomates known as Non GMO black plum tomatoes. 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 50586303 Non GMO black plum tomatoes is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity under its specific scope. The recent solicitations tagged to this code span a much broader produce procurement landscape — fresh produce, fruits, vegetables, eggs, and related food service items for school nutrition programs, state operations, and child nutrition services — rather than tomato-specific sourcing or non-GMO varietal procurement. School districts, county education boards, and state agencies post these opportunities regularly, but the Commodity-level specification (non-GMO black plum tomatoes) does not align with the line-item or category-based purchasing approach documented in the recent record.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida, with sporadic state-level fresh produce procurement. Districts ranging from under 7,000 students (Early County, Bulloch County, Glynn County) to major metropolitan systems (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Austin Independent School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System) are sourcing fresh produce through RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs with response deadlines between late February and late June 2026. Georgia school districts dominate the record, with solicitations from Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Douglas County, Bulloch County, and the state procurement office itself. These procurements typically bundle 60 to 72 produce line items—apples, bananas, peppers, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, leafy greens, and eggs—into single contracts with unit pricing, weekly or twice-weekly deliveries, HACCP and food safety compliance, Buy American provisions, and contract terms running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Vendors compete on lowest responsive bid calculated against USDA Market News pricing indexes and are evaluated on delivery reliability, quality, price, and compliance with school nutrition program standards. The code's nominal scope (non-GMO black plum tomatoes) is too narrow to be the primary pursuit signal here; activity worth tracking lies in broader fresh produce family-level codes that capture the full scope of what school districts and state agencies are actually buying today.