UNSPSC 50586834: Non GMO jicama

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO jicama. 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 50586834 Non GMO jicama is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy fresh produce for school nutrition programs, food service operations, and institutional dining through this code, with the actual procurement activity centered on comprehensive fresh-produce contracts serving thousands of students across multiple school sites. The solicitations show state and local buyers treating produce as a bundled commodity family rather than isolating specialty items like jicama; jicama does not appear as a line item in any of the recent school nutrition RFPs, IFBs, or RFQs captured in the dataset. School districts and education boards dominate the issuing bodies—Early County Board of Education, Northside Independent School District (San Antonio), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa), Bulloch County School District, Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Glynn County Board of Education, McAllen Independent School District, Austin Independent School District, and Douglas County School System all posted multi-month procurement cycles between February and June 2026. State agencies including Georgia's Department of Education also solicit under the code for institutional operations.

The geographic footprint spans Georgia (dominant), Texas, Florida, and Missouri, with Georgia schools accounting for the majority of recent activity. Representative recent procurements include the Northside Independent School District RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery to 127 campuses across the San Antonio area, due May 7, 2026, emphasizing USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance and Texas-grown prioritization; the Bulloch County School District IFP for 24 locally-grown produce items within 200 miles, due May 4, 2026, as part of a Farm to School program; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce items across 60 school sites, due April 23, 2026; and the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for one geographic area, due March 4, 2026. Jicama specifically shows no representation in these school nutrition solicitations; the code's recent activity reflects bulk institutional fresh-produce procurement dominated by apples, bananas, vegetables, and eggs with no evidence that specialty varieties like non-GMO jicama are being actively sourced by state and local education buyers at the current time.