UNSPSC 50586848: Non GMO palm hearts

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO palm hearts. 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 50586848 Non GMO palm hearts (Commodity) does not reflect the actual procurement activity under this code. State and local opportunities tagged to this Commodity are soliciting fresh produce for school nutrition programs, not palm hearts specifically. The code shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its nominal scope; all fifteen recent opportunities in the dataset are school district and state agency RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs for broad fresh produce categories—apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, citrus fruits, berries, eggs, and prepared produce items—supplied to child nutrition and school lunch programs. None of the solicitations name or describe palm hearts as a line item or procurement objective, indicating either a coding misalignment in source systems or minimal demand for this specialty item under state and local school nutrition contracts.

School districts dominate the issuing bodies, including Northside Independent School District (San Antonio, Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (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), and Austin Independent School District (Texas); the State of Georgia and Douglas County School System (cooperative) round out the mix. Georgia school districts account for the plurality of recent activity. Representative opportunities include Early County Board of Education's RFP for food vendors with a June 8, 2026 response deadline encompassing 300+ food items and 60 non-food supplies; Northside Independent School District's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce delivery due May 7, 2026 to all district campuses; and the Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts across two Georgia areas with approximately $4.4 million estimated annual spend for Area One. All contracts run July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 or comparable fiscal-year terms, with five-day-per-week delivery to school sites during morning hours and USDA compliance, HACCP certification, and Buy American provisions as standard requirements.